Covid-19 has allowed the Society to reach out to renownd photographers who due to the sheer distances involved are normally unable to present one of our regular highly-illustrated and inspiring photo-talks. Last night we were joined by Allan Walls from Alabama in the United States of America. who promised an introduction covering all aspects of macro-photography. What we got was a true ‘Masterclass’ from a photographer who is clearly as passionate as he is skilled in everything to do with this genre of photography.

If you want to give macro-photography a try but really don’t know where to begin, Allan explained all you need is a basic DSLR and a few inexpensive pieces of equipment to achieve some stunning images. Progressing further until we ran out of magnification Allan explained it was now time to reach for some different gear. Specifically, it’s was time to figure out how to replace diffraction-limited camera lenses with another optical marvel - microscope objectives. The result was high resolution images that revealed the beauty (Allan’s words) of creatures little bigger than a grain of sand made possible by focus-stacking in some cases thousands of individual images.

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