Macro Photography Session | Santolina virens

By aleister | aleister | 12 Apr 2020

Hi everyone

Today i will share with you some shots from one of a bunch of plants that were offered to me during this past season.
It´s now notorious my interest for making these macro photography sessions with all these small crazy plants.
Let me present to you the Santolina virens from Asteraceae family.
It is an aromatic and medicinal plant widely used as a pest repellent once dried.
Very similar in all its extension with abundant green tones with yellow and gray ranges

Without more delays, let me present the model

My introductory thoughts about macro photography:

It's amazing how macros with their blurred background can result in such different images full of contrasts and textures especially with this kind of subjects.
In the world of photography, especially macro photography, there is a universe of things available to everyone, enabling totally different and original approaches.

Before moving onto the result...

Here i present the technique used through a short visual tutorial:

Among the various possible techniques to shoot macros, this is perhaps the most affordable and effective technique for those who have a camera with removable lens.
We can simply remove the lens and reverse the direction, and by using an inverter ring it ends up being more comfortable and facilitates the process.