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Mosquitos are so rough in the United States Midwest. I bought a white long sleeve UV resistant shirt because they have an extremely harder time attacking me now, and the UV resistant is to stay cooler when the sun is out. And I wear jeans regardless because getting bit on the legs is the worst. They go for the hands and neck very rarely in my experience while wearing all of those clothing. I would rather be hot and somewhat sweaty than getting bit every 5 seconds. Average temp in the midwest for summer is around 85F/29C. Mosquitos will literally ruin macro walks if you dont prepare

For a second I thought I had my exports folder open, I took the exact same pic of mosquito on me just a few days ago. Good stuff, man

@d.k.1394

8 күн бұрын

Co incidence

Really lovely to hear your calm voice explaining how even you find some things difficult along with tips to overcome the problems! Thank you!

@MicaelWidell

8 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!

larvae of: Pieris brassicae, the large white, also called cabbage butterfly, cabbage white, cabbage moth (erroneously)

@MicaelWidell

8 күн бұрын

Thank you Klaus!

@IanWilkinson

8 күн бұрын

You win!

@klaustomasini

8 күн бұрын

@@IanWilkinson 😉

Thanks Michael. Another great video with some lovely photographs. I’m glad that you have reverted to shooting video in the wide aspect ratio most suited to KZread. Can’t wait for your next one.

Every summer I forget that hey FLASH is a good thing for macro and every summer you remind me :)

The nicest thing about MFT is the weight of the complete system. I've got a Fuji X-T5 and a 80mm macro lense, when I add a flash the whole thing then weighs about 2,1kg... Which means, I mostly leave the flash at home. Thanks for your videos!

Can't handle the thought of stacking anything but cash Micael! Single shot only on GH5, only natural light - and lovin' it. You have inspired and motivated me soooo much since picking up my first camera in 40 years. Thank you macro rockstar, keep hitting them bangers long distance friend! Greetings from the Boulder area in Colorado (high 90's already).

I often chill and have your videos on, while i am editing. Just purchased an OM-1 myself, and there are many features that are so good for macro. With my 60mm, Raynox and v350 it's really lightweight and fun to use!

Thank you for sharing, your images are always lovely and enjoyable to see. Keep up the work on the OM-1, I am getting better with my macro shots as well and every outing feels like an adventure. More bug hunting to come :)

Love the eyes on that tiny green insect

Relaxing and inspirational as always Micael.

@MicaelWidell

8 күн бұрын

Many thanks!

Excellent work as usual 😊

Thanks for another great video! I went out this morning and got some shots of an orb weaver spider which I have not seen in a while in our area of West Virginia. I use a Canon 70D with EF100mm Macro f/2.8 USM lens. Also a Canon EX430 II Speedlite and Angler diffuser. I've been working with the speedlite and today the exposures were near perfect. I've learned a lot watching your YT channel, thanks!

@MicaelWidell

8 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing

Hi @MicaelWidell. I haven't had any issues with the auto image preview that was an actual bug. But, what I have found, is that the auto-face sensor in the viewfinder will override image preview. If you're holding the camera too close to your face or body when the image preview pops up, it'll shut off the image preview. Try disabling auto EF switching.

@MicaelWidell

8 күн бұрын

That's too bad, and a weird choice if you ask me, as I would like to see the image review in the EVF as well.

@Marco_Chiappetta

8 күн бұрын

@@MicaelWidell You can view it in the EVF. Or your can view it on the rear screen. But, if you start at the rear screen, then move to the EVF (or vise versa), it switches out of preview.

@paulcollingridge8387

7 күн бұрын

Also check for reflective material on your clothing.... I had a similar issue with my Sony, then discovered it was the tiny reflective logo on my jacket collar that affected the eye-proximity sensor!

@MicaelWidell

7 күн бұрын

I have tried holding my eye very steady to the EVF while taking photos, the review is still buggy.

Well, one very good thing about stacking, minimal if any noise. Question, you increase the flash output but you closed down the aperture a touch to f/14. It must have been the right amount.

Nice photowalk, Michael. Always interesting to hear of your successes/struggles with macro, as we all have. That hemipteran face-on image is incredible. Thank you. Mosquitoes are bad everywhere. I'm in coastal Southern California, near original Disneyland. We have 26 species of mosquitoes in this area, plus deer flies and horse flies; can't find that info in the tourist brochures. I keep DEET in the car at all times.

Another great vid. You advice has been a huge help to me just starting out. The problem is insect photography is its like a drug. On my wildlife walks every morning I now carry my om-1 with the 60mm macro/flash/diffuser instead of my 300 f4. It’s in my backpack just in case though. Now thinking I need to add OM-1 II for wildlife and leave my current OM-1 setup for macro.

Great work as usual. I envy you and your lush green countryside. I live in southern Spain where there is little green or flowers, it's mostly hot and dry and almost always windy in summer where 32°C - 45°C is normal. No early morning dew for dragonflies and sunrise is close to 7am.

@MicaelWidell

8 күн бұрын

I would prefer Spain for macro photography though as you have much longer insect season. In Sweden we have a very beautiful and sweet summer, but also very very short.

Hi from aussie...I often smile to myself whilst doing macro shots in the wild in summer. As I have on mosquito repellent yet am trying to photo them😅

"We decided to go to the moon not because it is easy. We decided to go to the moon because it is hard." JFK

@d.k.1394

8 күн бұрын

Lol

Great video as always. I have to say watching you videos got me started into macro photography. I would love to see a video of exactly how you set up your flash and all the camera settings you use on the OM1. I have just started to play with the flash but I'm getting poor results. Thanks again for all the great video you do.

@MicaelWidell

7 күн бұрын

This is that video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fIOOlbWLkse7mdo.html

Wonderful photos, and a wonderful clip. Thanks for taking the time to put it together. Just a thought, because you mentioned cropping on your OM-1: have you tried using the hand-held hi-res mode with macro? There is a "wait for charge" for the tripod mode, but not for hand-held.

@MicaelWidell

8 күн бұрын

I have not tried hi-res mode handheld, as I assume you need to have a 100% stable scene for it to work

Thank you for another great video Micael. What I love about your channel is your honesty, whether it be on a new product or even your own technique. It very refreshing to receive and see such honest content. Cheers Micael.

@MicaelWidell

8 күн бұрын

I strive to always be 100% honest towards my viewers. I appreciate your comment!

What a nice relaxing video

@MicaelWidell

8 күн бұрын

Thank you :)

You might find that the OM System preview function is buggy because you were taking pictures of bugs. :)

@MicaelWidell

8 күн бұрын

😄

Great video as always. If I'm thinking of the same thing with the preview problem, go into eye sensor settings, then behaviour when switched, and set it for maintain screen, this way the preview will not disappear when you swap from evf to monitor, and vica versa. I hope this helps.

@MicaelWidell

Күн бұрын

Wow I need to try this. Thanks for the tip!

@jaydealeman5774

Күн бұрын

You're very welcome, I hope this helps with your problem🙂

Great video and photos as usual 👍 Is that v350 good enough for 90mm? I usually see everyone using v860 with 90mm zuiko 🤔

@MicaelWidell

8 күн бұрын

The v350 is good enough for me :) I prefer a lightweight flash.

I have the EM1.3 and the instant preview works fine Frommemory when they first released the OM1 they took off the highlight/shadow display on the default playback view, and you had to go the the information display with the small image to see the highlight/shadow warnings. Not sure if they ever fixed that It appears OM mucked up the image playback a bit I also quiet often do not fill the frame, but for my purposes the quality is still fine

Try normal food oil for mosquitos and ticks. I have been using rapeseed oil for 35 years now and it newer fails. Extra virgin is best but don´t use deep frying oil. Lemon chest added is softening the smell a bit

04:30 AS others have said, I think it's a caterpillar of the large white butterfly. Don't let it anywhere near your cabbages! 😁 Great images as always, Micael. Still can't figure out how you get by with 1/8 flash power. I haven't done the math to check the impact, but even considering the format differences (I'm using Nikon APC-S typically on F14) and the fact my flash units are the Godox TT350 (not the V) and a Nikon SB-700, I need at least 1/4 power nearly all the time. I tried the V350 and found it even less consistent than what I already had.

@MicaelWidell

8 күн бұрын

Please note that I shoot at ISO 200, maybe that is the difference? Also I use one of the most efficient and light conserving diffusers that exists: AK Diffuser.

I think the caterpillar, is one of the Burnet Moths, but I couldn't tell you which one. If the AK and Cygnustech diffuser are like the first concave diffusers I made, you can actually recover highlights up to nearly 2 stops over-exposed. It's not as important now as it used to be, but before the noise removal software was so good, it used to be important to get plenty of light. I started stacking, a very long time ago, about 18 years back, but then I gave up and went back to single exposures, as it was more fun.

@hawahawa7808

8 күн бұрын

Yeah, the Burnets look a bit similar, but they have more clearly defined areas of black on yellow. I believe this is the Large White, Pieris brassicae. This also fits better with the foodplant, which I think is Bunias orientalis - at least it's Brassicaceae. Lowland Burnets typically feed on Fabaceae.

@stephenbarlow2493

7 күн бұрын

@@hawahawa7808 - I was going by the shape of the larva, not the colouration. I agree with you about the food plant, but the caterpillar does not look like a Pieris brassicae larvae, which are typically elongate, and not this short stubby shape. Zygaena is quite a big genus of moths, and I have no idea how many species there are in Sweden or overall. Or the total range of larvae. I didn't think it was a 6-spot Burnet (Zygaena filipendulae), but as I say, it's a large genus of moths, and I wouldn't claim to know what they all look like, although from what I know their larvae tend to have this distinctive shape.

I had the same issue trying to review images on the OM-1 mk.ii I recently used on a trial basis. Very frustrating. Sometimes, it worked perfectly, but most of the time, it did not work well at all. It would almost never scroll from one image to the next or previous image. In a sense, I am glad I'm not the only one who had the problem. I thought I must have been doing something wrong.

@MicaelWidell

8 күн бұрын

Crazy if such a basic feature is so buggy and it hasn't been fixed yet

04:26 It might be a Pieris brassicae (Large white caterpillar).

Lovely video

I had a similar problem with picture preview on my OM-5. In my case, the picture preview wouldn’t turn off. It was greyed out on the menu and not available. I tried resetting the camera (multiple times) with no luck. The issue resolved itself a couple of days later when I was going through my lenses to make sure they were all updated (they were). That’s when I noticed that picture preview was suddenly selectable again. I’m not sure what happened. The best I can guess is that something in switching between so many lenses and going back-and-forth reset whatever weird data bit was toggled. I’m sorry I couldn’t be more specific with the fix, but the problem hasn’t reoccurred since. I hope this helps. Good luck.

Good video Michael. I do not agree that cropping from the Oly files is a problem. I do it a lot. All the time, actually. Depending on the image, I crop to sqare format. Let's say I crop to 2700x2700 pixels. That makes a 7 mb image size. That is still enougt to make a print @ 23x23 cm, and 300 dpi resolution. You can easily go to 30x30 cm and some 210 dpi without any visible loss. And to be honest, how many prints of insects do one need? Since it will be mainly for the computerdisplay you can crop even further - unpunished...-and @f:13 or less not much stacking is needed, I agree.

Dear Micael, my em1 mkII doesn't have that kind of problem. Maybe it could be solved by doing a hard reset. There are some videos on youtube that show the procedure for OLYMPUS cameras. I'm sorry for your problem and I hope it can be solved. Thanks for all the beautiful videos, I learned a lot from your experiences. You really put blood into your passion 😂

@fransbouma4173

7 күн бұрын

Same, my OM1-Mk2 doesn't have it either (stock firmware). I press the blue play button and the shot always appears, use the back wheel to zoom in/out, front wheel to select the shot. Perhaps Olympus knows what's up, Micael?

Thats flye looks amazing 😅

Hello my friend, thanks for your videos. I wanted to warn you to be very careful when using repellents that contain DEET because I had a problem with the buttons on my camera, the icons were erased because of that component. Nothing serious, just aesthetic but it would have been better if it didn't happen... Hugs from Argentina!

@MicaelWidell

8 күн бұрын

Thanks, I will be very careful.

Do you think upgrading to the om1 is worth it if I have an em1 mk2

@MicaelWidell

8 күн бұрын

Only if you find you have an issue with your camera which is fixed in the om-1. The only thing I can think of is if you REALLY need the increased shutter speed when stacking.

According to my maths FF and M43 are exactly equal for Macro? As long as you don't want insanely shallow depth of field that is?

@MicaelWidell

4 күн бұрын

Yeah pretty much. You are limited by diffraction anyway

@JoeMaranophotography

4 күн бұрын

@MicaelWidell Phew someone that knows macro agrees with my maths haha

the mosquito repellent you are using, do you find that smell also repelling the insect you want to shoot. I'm from Malaysia and dengue is a big problem here and I was told not to use any insect repellent coz it will scare them away. Did you had that problem ? TIA

@MicaelWidell

8 күн бұрын

I did not notice that, but hard to be sure. I think I will not use insect repellent again, as it is not that effective and people say it can damage my cameras plastic.

@kowkl

8 күн бұрын

@@MicaelWidell the jacket you were wearing is the anti mosquito ?

I have found with my E-M1ii that if I hold the shutter button after the shot, I don't get an image preview in the EVF.

@ThorstenDeVries

5 күн бұрын

I have the same issue on my EM1MarkII - maybe it's the same reason you described. I'll try it out, thanks!

Around 4.55 looks like a Mullein moth caterpillar to me.

How can u shoot at 1/250 with a flash on the OM-1? For me, this only works up to 1/100. So I have set something wrong?

@MicaelWidell

8 күн бұрын

If you use stacking with flash, then the max aperture is 1/100. I did single shots in this video and then you should be able to shoot at 1/250. But honestly it will seldom make much of a difference to your photos.

Is the caterpillar a cabbage white?

@TJ-fn4iw

8 күн бұрын

Love your videos it has inspired me to start macro photography.

Just interesting information, at 2:44 a bee is depicted on the macro diffuser, which is very similar to the letter Ф. If we take into account that two more letters AK are written next, then the word ФAK comes out, that is, fuck.

With 1/8 - is your flash able to create a 10-20 burst of photos?

@MicaelWidell

8 күн бұрын

Not sure, but in this video I didn't do any stacks so it doesn't matter. If I stack I use 1/32 or similar strength

@ppBizU

8 күн бұрын

@MicaelWidell ok, after your recommendation I've got the same flash, and I was surprised that I have to use 1/32 for bigger bursts. Cheers mate

Hey Micael, sent you a message from your website a few days ago, just wondering if you got it? / Roland Aalto

@MicaelWidell

4 күн бұрын

Yes I got it. I get a lot of messages every day, and often it can take a week or so before I have time to read them, especially if they are longer than a simple question. I don't always have time to reply.

What do you really mean by "it works one in 10 times"? Like it doesn't show up at all? If yes, then I can say that I don't have that problem... Otherwise, can you explain what you are facing exactly?

@MicaelWidell

8 күн бұрын

Yes exactly, most of the time it doesn't show up at all

@jonastruemper637

8 күн бұрын

@@MicaelWidell mh... one possible explanation is that you are (accidentally?) half-pressing the shutter button right after taking the shot. It could be accidental really because of its sensitivity. Depending on your button+af-configuration, this would trigger AF/AE and certainly not show the previous shot, i.e., prioritize the next shot. 🙂

@MicaelWidell

7 күн бұрын

Nope, I use back button AF

As for image review I have turned it off in my Olympus cameras as I find it of little use, so cannot help there, especially as your issues seem to be intermittent. If I need to review the shot I just press the left arrow button for image review. That way I can examine it and not be limited to a particular time. Seems like a non issue. I had to laugh when you talked about cropping as a problem because of only 20mp. My wife's first digital camera had 4mp and mine, a DSLR, had 6mp. 35mm film was somewhere around 8-12mp. Software these days makes ISO and image size less relevant. I have enjoyed your channel and have purchased the Godox 860iii flash and Cygnustech diffuser because of this. I have the O-M1 and 90mm macro. As for mozzies, well I have lived with these my whole life in Australia and New Guinea. Long sleeves and some insect repellant usually works.

I can't wear shorts when I go out on photo walks, I get eaten alive by mosquitoes and other bugs

Be careful about using DEET around your camera gear. DEET melts plastic.

@MicaelWidell

8 күн бұрын

Yeah I think I will not use it again, as it is not that effective either

When u look close u can tell the sex of the mosquitos. If u cant see a banana they are females😅

Use a Balaclava & full gloves or biker gloves to reduce mosquito bites. This what i do i apply Anti-Mosquito creams on my hands & some parts of my neck & face before wearing a Balaclava & hand gloves to reduce Moquito bites.

Love the eyes on that tiny green insect