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Turn a CPU into an Abstract Landscape – Macro Photography

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Join Adaptalux as we explore the hidden detail on the underside of a computer processor through creative macro photography. Using the Adaptalux Studio lighting system, this tutorial shows how an everyday piece of technology can be transformed into an abstract landscape filled with colour, reflection, and texture.

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Whether you’re new to macro photography or looking for fresh subject ideas, this tutorial demonstrates how to work with reflective surfaces, coloured lighting, and extreme magnification. Learn how the contact points and tiny components on a CPU can become a detailed and abstract scene, and how small lighting changes can completely reshape the final image.

โฑ๏ธ Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:26 Processors
0:52 Setup
1:20 Detail
1:43 Lighting
2:28 Angles
3:48 Composition
4:35 Colours
7:09 Cityscape
8:29 Magnification
9:59 Comparison

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