Macro

Don Silcock · Issue 41, Mar/Apr 2008 · pp. 51–55

Products mentioned: Nikonos V, Sigma 28-70mm 2.8 EX DG, Nikon 70-180mm macro zoom, Inon Z240 strobes, Athena ring flash, Nikon D200, Subal housing

I need to start this article off by telling you a short story – please bear with me as it is in context, well kind of…. When I was a teenager growing up in the northwest of England, every Saturday night my mates and I used to go to a local disco with the principal objectives of consuming as much beer as possible and then somehow ending up with a female partner at the end of the night. The fundamental technique involved in this complex process was something called “dancing”, which I have to admit, was always something of a black art to me. With the wisdom of hindsight, it’s now perfectly obvious to me that I simply could never judge the correct amount of beer required to get me out on to the dance floor and deliver my carefully rehearsed pick-up lines. I always seemed to over-estimate the amount of required, usually to the point where my ability to dance & speak at the same time was great…