You won’t have to look hr to find close-up ideas – even everyday
household objets can make fantastic subjects Once You’ve trained
your eye to look for macro photo opportunities, you’ll find them
almost anywhere, even in objects such as stamps, coins, paper
clips, drawing pins and so on. The fact that you’re capturing
them from an unusual viewpoint makes shot of ‘found’ objects
interesting in themselves.
Macro tips
If your camera focuses poorly at close range, use the telephoto
setting to increase magnification. However, remember that this
will further reduce depth of field.
Attach a close up lens that screws onto the camera’s filter
thread (assuming your camera has one). Available in +1, +2, +3,
+4 and +10 magnification, many camera can be adapted with push
on systems that enable a close up lens to be fitted
Use a small or white silver reflector to fill in shadow caused
by overhead lighting or the camera itself
Boost the ISO setting to enable you to use faster shutter speeds
or smaller apertures. Shots will be noisier, but images will be
sharper with a larger depth of field
Use a tripod and cable release whenever possible to maximize
depth of field and eliminate camera shake and ensure accurate
focusing.
When using compact-style camera with an optical viewfinder,
beware of problems with parallax – an effect caused when the
viewfinder is offset from the lens. Although you may have
composed your shot perfectly in the viewfinder, the fact that
the lens is in a slightly different position means that the
composition of the finished image will be altered. The closer
you get to the subject, the more inaccurate the view through
viewfinder will be.
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