Tremendous work. You exhibit skills and patience that are in a completely different league to any that I even aspire to.
Ken
Thanks Ken.
As with anything, skill sets are acquired over time.
Macro shooting is my primary interest, so I've learned more in this aspect of photography than in any other.
(I am still learning and will never stop trying to learn.)
As for "patience," I believe the more appropriate word would be
interest. I am simply
interested in the subjects I photograph. While the "close focus" effort is made, "all else" in the world around me disappears from my consciousness. If the subject moves, repositions, etc., I simply deal with it and
keep at it, lost in concentration for my objective.
Time goes by and I do not notice. Retakes go by, until
at last I get a set and sequence that pleases me, finally "pulling out" (as it were) from my total immersion into the subject I am trying to capture.
In my observation, those photographers who "lose their patience" with macro photography are simply
not totally immersed into what they're doing, mentally.
(They are going through the motions, but not totally interested in their heart.)
Those macro shooters who are able to achieve their objectives are able to do so, because they are
so interested and
so immersed in their subject ... that they just
stay at it until the mission is accomplished.
Jack
