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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Close up photography tips

If your camera has a limited close focusing you could zoom out to the telephoto setting to increase magnification. Beware though depth of field is reduced further.

If the camera has a filter thread attach a close up lens that screws into the front. These are available in +1, +2. +3 +4 and +10. Most cameras can be adapted with stepping rings or push on systems to allow a close up lens to be attached.

You can mount a digital camera on the top of a magnifying loupe that you'd normally use to check transparency sharpness and use this to greatly improve the close focusing capabilities.

Take a small white or silver reflector to throw light back towards the subject and fill in the shadows caused by overhead illumination.

Increase the ISO speed of your digital camera manually to allow a faster shutter speed or smaller aperture. The results will have more noise (grain-like appearance) but they will be sharper with more depth of field.





Example one. Bright colors and blur background.


Example 2 Soft colors and blur background.


Example 3 Minimum colors and blur background.

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