@Ryan Cush of Macro Studio has kindly set up a free 30-day trial specifically for our community. A great chance to try it out and see how it fits into your macro photography workflow. After the trial ends, the basic Library and Editor functions will still work, but stacking will no longer be available. 👉 Start your free 30-day trial Please keep this trial link within our community, as this offer has been created specifically for this group. @Ryan Cush is also happy to answer questions and welcomes feedback. You can suggest features, explore the roadmap and see the latest updates on the Macro Studio feedback site. If you give it a go, let us know how you get on!

Every summer I hope they'll return, and this year I was lucky enough to find several of them again. Their metallic colors are simply incredible, shifting between emerald green, turquoise, magenta and gold depending on the angle of the light. These images were taken handheld, and for some of the closer shots I also used a Raynox DCR-250 to achieve even higher magnification. Over the past months I've spent countless hours refining my macro lighting. After many prototypes, I designed and 3D-printed my own diffuser to create the softest, most natural-looking light possible. This image is one of the first where I feel everything finally came together. I'd really appreciate your honest feedback before I consider this image finished. What do you think works well, and what would you improve? Gear 📷 Canon EOS R6 Mark II 🔍 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM 💡 Godox V480C 🛠️ Custom-designed & 3D-printed diffuser Godox V480C + Godox MF12 If anyone is interested in my custom diffuser or lighting setup, just let me know and I'll be happy to share more details and photos. Thanks for taking the time to look! 😊

Sometimes when I have been shooting lightning fast bees, and succeded wit some nice shots, I cant help to come to the conclution that it is much to static. On the other hand, I dont want them blurred by motion. For the fun of it, I have been playing around in Photoshop with a coupple of them. I think it was fun to do. Are anybody else playing with their photos that way?

When I first saw this Didymium under the microscope, I immediately thought it would make for an interesting image with all those spores breaking away. I actually captured this photo quite a while ago, but I kept putting off the edit because I knew it was going to be a real pain. And it was! But I’m really happy with how it turned out and I love the sense of motion frozen in time. This one is a Didymium squamulosum measuring about 1.5mm. This image is a stack of 171 photos taken at a 10:1 magnification ratio, which is equivalent to 20:1 on full frame.