MACRO Photography with Don Komarechka (T&C LIVE)

Howdy Tony and Chelsea. Great interview with one of the best macro photographers in the world. Love Don's work, one of the best thing about Don is he loves to share how he accomplishes such great art work.

I really don't get the logic where Don says that with a micro 4/3 you get a 2:1 macro vs 1:1 with a full frame. Could someone explain why it wouldn't still be 1:1, only cropped?

AMazing show, learned alot

Aaah this was really good show! Soo comprehensive, thaanks!

Seriously? Gender sensitivity with a bug?
Give me a break. Liberalism is a mental disorder.

This episode worth more than any photography book on the market. Great and usable ideas from real masters. Thank you guys!

I don't agree with putting a dragonfly in the freezer just in order for you to get your shot. It's the same when photographers put glycerine onto insects to say it's dew drops. Sorry, in my opinion it's unethical photography at its best

"If you have trouble finding bugs." … people, we have a problem, insects are getting extinct, if humans continue with spraying poison and taking away livity anyhow for other life.

Best show that you’ve ever done!

I'd love to hear your thoughts on the Focus stacking, and Focus bracketing features of the OMD-EMII as it seems to greatly simplify the technique.

Carnivorous plant a sundew
Lots of nice pics love the dragon flys

Wow Don!

Haha Tony drank when crop factor was brought up

Fantastic channel….

Hi..My name is Jayesh from India. Could you please help me to choose a cheepest macro lens for nikon DSLR

Don Kom da man! Very useful!

You are so right. I took over 700 pictures of the honey bees in my wife's flower garden. Out of 700 I was only happy with 4 of them. I am new to photography a hair over 5 months now I started with a Panasonic G7 and I was happy with most of my results. Until I started to be my worse critic of my pictures. And I was able to try out a friend's Nikon d800 and I was shocked on how good of images I got with with little effort of the bees. So I sold my mirrorless G7 and bought a Nikon d7100 and picked up a 80-200 f2.8 and a older Nikon 35-70mm f2.8 and I am getting amazing amazing results. Your book also helped me too. But since I have been doing more outdoor photography of insects one shot is still impossible to nail it. But I see how a flash you draw more details out but I am still new trying to learn.. but love the show and your channel

This guy Don is a legend! He approaches the creative art with such scientific intelligence! I learnt more about photography, even in general by just watching this than ten other videos!

This show is a true gem – tx!

Can someone ID the lens at 53:30? My google-fu is weak and failing me.

Super! Thanks for sharing these techniques and insights.

Hello guys. Thanks for the tutorial. I would like to ask you a question, which about macro photography. I have taken some photographs in raw format, but they are grainy, and struggling to get the focus very well! Any ideas that could help me to experiment a different way? I am using a Canon 5D mk iii. Canon 100mm macro. Regards

So much information from your videos, I have to take notes. One interesting point from Don – LED vs xenon duration speed. Had no idea that LED was so much slower than xenon. Useful info for when I'm trying to freeze motion. Thanks to all of you for the great show.

Thank you Tony for introducing the genius to us, who love all aspects of photography

Amazing show! Don was fantastic! Thanks a lot!

Which ring flash Don uses?

Don is to the point, Tony is like watching paint dry.

I learn so much from Don. Thanks for having him. @36:50 Panasonic has Focus Stacking built into the firmware of some of their cameras.

"Tutorial for macro photography." Pulls out a $5,500 elephant. 👍

Where can I find a ring adapter to fit a flashlight?

Don's new book is actually on kickstarter, support a fellow photographer ! ^^ Few days left

I never get tired of learning from Don. He’s an amazingly knowledgeable photographer and scientist and never hesitates to share his knowledge.

Thanks for having Don on your show. I learn something new EVERY time I watch him and I’ve done several workshops with him. His knowledge is profound and his suggestions make me want to rush into my studio or garden and try it out. Above all, Don is patient, and always offers encouraging.comment. Thanks Tony, Chelsea and Don.

The spider at 57:23 gave the hardcore Heebie-jeebies.

One question…Who is Mike Check?

T&C, Next time you have Don on, ask him to expand on his answer to the question posed at 1:07:50 on f/no ranges. Considering the equation for depth of field scales linearly with f/no and inversely as the square of the lateral magnification, Don seems to be saying at higher mags (x5) that trying to overcome the DOF compression with aperture adversely affects image sharpness. Is that what Don is saying? And note Weston's Pepper 30 image was a macro shot at ~2:1 at f/240 and that turned out well for him. So this is a counter example which shows how diffraction could be used artistically for the right subject.