Macro Photography Tutorial - How to Shoot on White Background in the Field

From the rainforests of Ecuador, Phil Torres uses a Canon 100mm macro and MP-E 65mm macro lens to demonstrate how he gets clean, studio-like photos of insects in the field.



SOME FINAL IMAGES:

This cute little salamander is giving you two upside-down middle fingers 😎

Una publicación compartida por phil_torres (@phil_torres) el Ago 4, 2017 at 9:24 PDT

Nature dropped some glitter all over this beetle and evolution was like "yeah ok let's do this"

Una publicación compartida por phil_torres (@phil_torres) el Feb 26, 2017 at 12:04 PST

Everybody loves a good praying mantis. This is a subadult Macromantis hyalina, one of the hundreds of insect species you can see in a night at #Yasuni National Park. Check out this and other photos of mine in @biographic_magazine this week- it's an important story of oil in the Amazon. Thanks to @mnochisaki14 for the ID!

Una publicación compartida por phil_torres (@phil_torres) el Ene 12, 2017 at 7:13 PST

There is beauty in the Amazon, and this butterfly is one example you'll see fluttering around in the shadows along the trail. Learn about the encroachment of oil extraction which is slowly changing the most biodiverse place on Earth from a national park to an oil free-for-all. Check out biographic.com for more on the struggles of #Yasuni @biographic_magazine

Una publicación compartida por phil_torres (@phil_torres) el Ene 12, 2017 at 12:37 PST

Macro-Photography Dream Kit

In this second video, Phill gives some ideas about macro photography equipment to Rob Nelson, and then he got the kit, and flew to Panama to test it out in the rainforest.