10 Handy Tips For (Great) Macro Photography

» Posted by on May 18, 2009 in Digital Photography | 0 comments

your camera lens but can be tricky with close-ups as it battles back and forth to any subtle change or camera movement. Try switching to manual focus and choosing the focus point yourself. To make the most of the depth of field focus on the middle part of the subject.

7. Backgrounds
Try to avoid backgrounds of the same color, otherwise your subject will blend into it. Clutter and patches of bright light will draw your eye away from the subject. Ideally, your background should be opposite hue to the object you are photographing, i.e for a light pink flower try getting dark neutral color background, ideally dark gray.

8. Fill in Flash akon beautiful
Add sparkle in dim conditions and reduce shadows and contrast on bright sunny days. A lot of photographers have this problem when making macro shots however, there are always exceptions and sometimes a shadow nicely cast on an object can look good.

9. Get Light Subjects Right
With white butterflies for example standard camera metering can be fooled into underexposing so be prepared to add two stops of positive exposure compensation to eradicate this.

10. Diffused Light for Detail
Avoid burned out highlights and maximize fine detail by shooting on bright overcast days when the light is diffused and not harsh and direct. If you can’t avoid shooting in direct light then use a diffuser to soften the light.

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