For most of my years shooting macro and close-up photography I have mainly used my Tamron 90mm lens. 

A few years ago, I started using the new zoom lenses from Tamron, the 18-270, 16-300, 18-400, and the 18-300 on my mirrorless camera. 

The other change in the last couple years are the larger megapixels on my latest cameras.  At 26 megapixels I can do some small crops and still get a good quality image. 

My new way of shooting is I don't have to worry about perfectly framing my subject so that I don't have to crop the subject in post processing.

As you can see in this image, I just framed a large area with my zoom lens.

When I get home, I download the image and just crop out what I want. Add an artistic filter for the background in Smart Photo Editor and done.

Booking camera club zoom meetings, need a speaker, let me know, macrogeekmike@yahoo.com

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Also Check out my workshops and zoom programs.

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If you live in an area where there are Beech trees, you will find they are one of the rare trees that will hold onto their leaves throughout the winter months.  When subject matter is limited in the wintertime, the leaves on the beech trees offers opportunities for some nice images. The snow makes for a nice white background.

Booking camera club zoom meetings, need a speaker, let me know, macrogeekmike@yahoo.com

Join my Macro Photo Club online. Over 280 instructional videos. Over 2800 members from 29 countries. 
Info and to sign up. 

MACRO PHOTO CLUB - Mike Moats - Award Winning Macro Photographer (tinylandscapes.com)

Also Check out my workshops and zoom programs.

WORKSHOPS - Mike Moats - Award Winning Macro Photographer

For the last 20 years I've been teaching macro photography workshops and I've always told photographers to manually focus on your subject. 

With my mirrorless camera, I just have to look at the subject framed up on the LCD and decide where I want the focus and touch that spot, and the camera focuses right where I want it.

So much easier and faster than looking through the viewfinder and rotating the focus ring until I got the focus on the spot of the subject where I wanted it. 

Booking camera club zoom meetings, need a speaker, let me know, macrogeekmike@yahoo.com

Join my Macro Photo Club online. Over 280 instructional videos. Over 2800 members from 29 countries. 
Info and to sign up. 

MACRO PHOTO CLUB - Mike Moats - Award Winning Macro Photographer (tinylandscapes.com)

Also Check out my workshops and zoom programs.

WORKSHOPS - Mike Moats - Award Winning Macro Photographer

December - Macro Photo Club News

December monthly theme - Post close-up images that are holiday related.

Members, post your images in the Mike Moats Macro Photo Club Facebook group.

The winner of the November product giveaway for the Hunt's Photo $50 gift card is Charles Sinclair, so Charles, send me an email at macrogeekmike@yahoo.com

The December give away is a Litra Light Torch.

For those who are lifetime members, when you signed up you were sent a welcome email.  That email has the links to access the instructional videos so make sure to save that email. If you lost the welcome email contact me and I'll send you a new one. macrogeekmike@yahoo.com

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A few years ago, I went to Iceland and when I was at a black sand beach, I searched out shore bird feathers on the beach sand and found this interesting feather. Here is the post processed image done in Smart Photo Editor.

Here is the original image from my Canon point and shoot camera.

Join my Macro Photo Club online. Over 280 instructional videos. Over 2800 members from 29 countries. 
Info and to sign up. 

MACRO PHOTO CLUB - Mike Moats - Award Winning Macro Photographer (tinylandscapes.com)

Also Check out my workshops and zoom programs.

WORKSHOPS - Mike Moats - Award Winning Macro Photographer