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Yes, it does. It says NEW if a post appeared after you closed it last time. Just like in this forum.

I added a simple POLL to this thread - not sure how to navigate to it, I guess it should be at the top above the original post ...

It's at the top of each page.

Pardon my simple mind ...

i suppose i will have to read reddit like GB 😁

Hi

In my case, I cope here mainly by us not having technical discussions. That does make my participation here a small fraction of what it is over there. Or, was. The operative word is now 'was'.

Stan

understood, Stan. In my case, I prefer technical talk - perhaps because I can't get out and take pictures any more; but à chacun son goût ...

Alan's seems like an excellent proposal to me: all these images are taken at my kitchen table, with the light of a flexo, a small stand, a tripod, some fabric backgrounds (some t-shirts...) and a focus stacking program...

Hi,

Now we are onto something that would be better served with a subthread rather than interleaved with the original topic. And, it is a very worthwhile subthread.

Jim Kasson, who was initially posting here when this was the DP Revived operation, has had to do exactly this. Switch over to studio work, mostly macro, due to health issues which sees him in a wheelchair most of the time. He has been doing some amazing things with it, posted in the Medium Format forum over on DPR.

It really is something worth doing, even if it means changing a lot of gear.

Stan

That's a fantastic shot! Experimenting with macro can indeed be very rewarding, even in a small haphazardly arranged table-studio like mine...

Here are a couple of examples:

Molecular cooking by simple.joy, on Flickr

A staple of modern architecture by simple.joy, on Flickr

Spacing out with water by simple.joy, on Flickr

Birds of a feather, drop together by simple.joy, on Flickr

My macro swan song by simple.joy, on Flickr

Screw you! I won't get closer... by simple.joy, on Flickr

Always on line by simple.joy, on Flickr

Wide open by simple.joy, on Flickr

Safety Pink by simple.joy, on Flickr

Into the wormhole by simple.joy, on Flickr

Retro-flective by simple.joy, on Flickr

Open house in hell by simple.joy, on Flickr

No flash, no RAW, very basic LED studio lights, a cheap tripod and for the most part very cheap industrial or enlarging lenses. A modern macro lens does make some things easier, but I prefer the slower approach because I feel like I learn more along the way.

Not really, Alan, but thanks for the suggestion. I am disabled and clumsy; I dropped a Sigma SD9 a month or two ago which is now dead, grump. Just can't be bothered apart from technical stuff.

The last one is particularly successful 😍 👍🏼

You should give us a demonstration of one of your installations.
This would surely interest several hundred people here, In any case, I would be interested. 😁

Your approach sets you apart from others.

Yes me too. I have a macro lens and have barely used it - need inspiration...

Agree.
An "All Things Macro" Forum is a good idea.
This thread is way OT and it needs to be uncluttered as traffic is about to increase I'm guessing, as reality bites over there.

On this site, what is a "subthread"? As the thread originator, can I add one?

So I thought ... thanks, Alan.

I just asked over there how do I know who said what?