{"id":2250,"date":"2011-11-14T17:01:07","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T22:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/?p=2250"},"modified":"2011-11-14T17:02:29","modified_gmt":"2011-11-14T22:02:29","slug":"how-to-take-the-bite-out-of-the-macro-bug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/2011\/11\/how-to-take-the-bite-out-of-the-macro-bug\/","title":{"rendered":"How to take the bite out of the Macro Bug"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2252\" href=\"http:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/2011\/11\/how-to-take-the-bite-out-of-the-macro-bug\/macro-bug\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2252\" style=\"margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px;\" title=\"macro bug\" src=\"http:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/macro-bug.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"261\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/macro-bug.jpg 373w, https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/macro-bug-111x150.jpg 111w, https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/macro-bug-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/><\/a>At some stage, almost every photographer will be bitten by the macro bug. Something about seeing things close up in ultra-high definition attracts almost everyone to flirt with the world of macro photography at some point on their photographic path. But a macro lens can be expensive (usually over $500).<\/p>\n<p>One of our favorite alternatives to ease you into the world of macro photography without breaking the bank is to use <strong>Macro Tubes<\/strong>. Macro tubes are typically under $100. Check out Macro Tubes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/search?Ntt=macro+Extension+Tubes&amp;N=0&amp;InitialSearch=yes\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2255\" href=\"http:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/2011\/11\/how-to-take-the-bite-out-of-the-macro-bug\/macro-tubes\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2255\" title=\"macro Tubes\" src=\"http:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/macro-Tubes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you find that you\u2019re loving it so much and feel that you\u2019re being held back by your equipment, then by all means explore more expensive lens options. Remember, however, that an expensive lens is not always going to improve your skills. As you can see above, there are some very stunning things you can do with the \u201ccheap\u201d options in macro.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Macro Photography - Extension Tubes Explained\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dNeTFbJ9YVw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At some stage, almost every photographer will be bitten by the macro bug. Something about seeing things close up in ultra-high definition attracts almost everyone to flirt with the world of macro photography at some point on their photographic path. But a macro lens can be expensive (usually over $500). One of our favorite alternatives [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2252,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-photography-insights","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2250"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2264,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2250\/revisions\/2264"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}