In my previous artistic life, I was a potter and incorporated real leaves into my ceramic tableware. I absolutely love leaves, and trees and tree bark. This was a great demo on macro and bringing out the beauty in such an item. As with others, I'm always looking for something to photograph on days when I can't get out, and this video has been an excellent jump-start for me. I'm going to have a renewed look at my seashell collection...

I'm so glad you mentioned the leaf looking like a city topology. I liked the contrast of white and black. I will give it a go and see what I come up with. Thanks for sharing

Fantastic video and I very much appreciate Andrew’s oratory skills - not a single useless word spoken - and talking style in general. I’ve recently picked up macro photography and I find great inspiration in this channel. Just watched this one to relax and learn after a quick macro session of my mother’s marble ball in my kitchen with water spray bottle and all.

I like them both. Black and white they look amazing. 👍🏾

Great idea Andrew. White and black background look very good, I prefer..........both images.

I really liked the results from both set-ups! I would love to see more in-studio videos like this. We have garbage weather for a lot of the year, so having inspiration is always helpful ❤

Hi Andrew. The way you present your videos is so inspiring and motivating that you want to start shooting right away. You have a beautiful magazine here to demonstrate how beautiful macro photography is. Thank you for the work you put into this channel. Kind regards from the Netherlands, Antoine.

Great ideas Andrew … love your enthusiasm! With all the fall leaves everywhere I will definitely be giving this a go! Thanks again.

Interesting and fun video! That leaf was a good find and the book/flattening technique is a good trick. I was surprised by how well that leaf stood on its own. The different backgrounds were an interesting experiment as well. They really changed the emphasis for me. The white background emphasized the yellow "flesh" whereas the black really drew attention to the skeleton. The luminance of the "flesh" was very different between the 2 as well. I thought that the skeleton was super interesting so, the black background was my favorite. I love your indoor macro projects! Keep them coming especially as we head toward colder weather.

Top video Andrew it's given me all sorts of ideas especially when we have so much rain and mostly stuck inside, so it's going to be a visit to the common areas for some material, thanks for sharing.

Love this very inspirational thank you 🙏

Beautiful photos. So much about what you say is exactly how I feel about doing photography.

I am so glad I found your yt channel as well as your ig! your photos are AMAZING! gives me so much inspiration to take photos, I do find so much joy taking macro photos as well.

Fantastic. will have a go this.

The black has a richer feel to it, while the white is crisp.

Black background gives you much better texture and depth.

Walked around the block and picked up some leaves to photograph. Looks like a fun thing to do on a rainy day. Need to find something to make the leaf stay upright.

Thats a great idea!

Enhorabuena, muy inspiradores tus videos, por cierto prefiero las del fondo negro,😍😍😍

Quite interesting perspective on what to shoot when going outside is not an option. I think using different background colours would add unique tones and the to the final result, like clay red or something similar. Thanks for a very informative video 👍🏼

I stumbled upon your channel and really enjoy your content. Great post!

Andrew- so creative. I need to go out and get some leaves before the snow covers them all!

Very interessting,thank you sir!

A very interesting video Andrew; I will have to try that too. My preference was the black background. With a yellow leaf, I wonder if a complementary blue background might also work. Although the skeletal effect would likely be lost, a red background with a green leaf could be something to try. Thanks for the inspiration.

Decayed leaves are my favorite-great stuff

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They never fail to produce some great shots!

Is f14 the sweet spot of that lens? Curious why so high as I keep hearing anything over f11 will probably have diffraction issues. Love the result. So beautiful.

Great video! I’m with you, I think the black looks better then the white though would be interested to see how a reddish background would like.

Leaves (and other flat objects) can be scanned on a flatbed scanner at high resolution and the process can give excellent results.

Really enjoyed the video, you have inspired me to go out tomorrow looking for like subjects to photograph. Could you please tell me exactly what you are using to hold the leaf.

BEAUTIFUL :) THANK YOU FOR SHARING :) THANK YOU FROM ISRAEL :)

I like the white background to.Did you ever tried to use a lightpad as background? It gives wonderful results.

I think it would have been interesting to see what a "hair" light would have looked like especially on the skeletal part of the leaf. Thanks for these macro videos, I think it's time to buy a 105 macro......

Really like this video. Can you elaborate on your lithing setup ? I would like to get an idea to start with some basic studio light and got curious when i listened to this video

Thanks for the information. I would love to have information about the stand that is holding the leaf. Do you know where I can purchase one?

Inspiring Andrew. Thnx

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Thanks for watching!

At one point I was imagining the flesh/skeleton/flesh/skeleton/flesh photo looking like a satellite image of Slartibartfast's fjords 🙂

Brilliant & inspiring! Now if you could just get in a little closer so that we could see the little houses on those tiny streets 🙂

Super super

Thanks for the video.. May I ask the brand and model of your tripod, are you satisfied?

Much prefer the white background 👍🏻

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Interesting! What is it about the white that you prefer do you think?

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@@AndrewLanxonPhotography hmmm, not really sure. Perhaps the black background looks like macro done with a flash (?) - I’ve never really liked this look. Probably just personal taste. Prefer high key over low key. I use a lot of high key in my macro, so it’s probably just familiarity or personal taste.

What made you decide to use F14?

Do you recommend shooting with flash for your macro photos or an LED continuous studio light box?

The black background looks great but what if you try different colors like blue, red, green, etc. as closeups only.

I wish my macro tube offered better results than it does. I can't figure out if I should get the Laowa 100mm 2x macro, or a 16mm 1.4.

What is the make/model of the clamp on top of the tripod please

What tripod are you using here?

Looks just like those stylized city maps you can get for your hometown. The skeleton are the roads grids and the solid parts looks like lakes. A border around it and a made up city name under in bold letters and you could frame it as a city map on Etsy! 😂

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*opens Etsy store* *gives up photography for Etsy profit*

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@@AndrewLanxonPhotography 😂

Which light is this?

I’m curious what would happen if you gently backlit this photo? To be like a silhouette of the leafs details?

the black for me, but i cant help thinking what if we tilted the leaf a little and focused on one of the main trunk roads with it running out of focus in the distance? just a thought

How much are you adjusting the focus each tim you reposition the camera? I'm finding very little leeway handheld with an EF 100mm f/2.8 macro lens on my r6 mark ii. If I move 1cm either way I'm back out of focus.