OM1 - Macro Settings for Photographing Moths using the 60mm Macro Lens

I think you are about the only one capturing the spirit of photography here on youtube ( no music no unnecessary talk ) - just great !

Although I have watched many videos on macro photography, this is the first time I watch how someone attracts moths and takes photos of them. Great photos as usual and very detailed in the steps.

Great video Roger. You paid such attention to detail in describing your process, which was very generous. I definitely learned a lot from watching and also enjoyed seeing such a variety of beautiful subjects. This was absolutely top-notch - thanks!

excellent video Roger, thoroughly enjoyed it thanks for sharing.

Nicely done Roger. Recently while talking to camera I had two cameras running. One for close ups of my hands and the other as normal. It made editing much easier when cutting to the close ups.

Thanks Roger for a very informative video, great tip of using the workmate, which I will start doing.

Beautiful pictures and very helpful video! Thank you very much!

Thanks Roger great video. I have the same moth trap but with the tall Pear shape bulb with a circular rain cover. Had it on a timer on at dark off at dawn.Not had it out for about 4 years but you have now given me the motivation to get it out of the shed and give it another go now i have the OM1 .

Great video Roger. Very informative!

Nice video describing the process of photographing moths. I had no idea about them being lured by UV lights! Always new things to learn. Even when you were not happy with the numbers there were quite a few varieties. Very useful and educational.

Thanks Roger, a video full of useful, practical tips as usual.

Great video Roger. Thank you.

vielen Dank - es hat mir sehr gut gefallen.

Roger Very informative, Many Thanks,

Very interesting video Roger. 👍

Great work, Roger! I've been photographing a beautiful Hummingbird Hawk Moth in flight recently, as it visits our garden regularly.

Very helpful thanks 👍

Excellent video Roger

Hi Roger, Very good advice in the video. I also moth trap and photograph the moths early next morning. Just a couple of thoughts on the i.d.'s, Canary-shouldered Thorn looks more like a Dusky Thorn and a typo on the Earl Grey (not a tea) but an Early Grey.

Nice video Roger. I found it interesting as I'm new to moth photography. I purchased a relatively cheap bucket trap off of ebay and results so far have been decent but not as productive as I was hoping. I find I'm getting the same species keep turning up with not too much variation. It's early days so will hopefully get better over time. As you have stated quite a few fly off when opening the trap and the bigger ones do seem a little more tolerant. Rather than leaving them in the egg boxes I've tried capturing some in inspection jars rather than risk them escaping. This has proved useful for getting basic ID shots but doesn't work well when trying to relocate them on a branch from the jar as they tend to fly off straight away. I haven't tried stacking shots and not sure if my EM1mk2 has the capability so I tend to use a Canon compact camera with a Raynox close up lens at F16 to get decent dof and with flash on. It's a bit hit and miss as I tend to shoot hand held with an enlarged view of the image on the camera rear screen so I can see when the subject is in focus but it does get me in very close. With my Olympus I find my panasonic/Leica 100-400 at 400mm and min focus works pretty well as a makeshift macro lens but doesn't get me in a as close although cropping when processing is not a problem