It's amazing to enlarge the world. Macro photography depends on these skills.

People who like photography may often like the magnificent scenery of nature, but ignore the beautiful side of things around them. If you want to see their miracles, you must enlarge their details. This is macro photography, which has the magic power to turn a magnifying glass into art.

Macro shooting skill

"Macro" refers to shooting at a relatively close distance with a large magnification, and the human eye often can't see the object close to 15cm clearly. For example, taking a flower with a diameter of 2 1.6mm can fill half the area of 35mm film (diagonal length is 43.3mm). The magnification of the flowers in the photo is 43.3: 2 1.6, which is 2: 1(2 times). The magnification of macro photography is usually between 1 and 50 times, and strictly speaking it should be between 1 and 10 times.

Macro photography is a science with irresistible charm. It subtly condenses inconspicuous details into abstract patterns. Most fans have pursued magnificent scenery with heavy equipment. In fact, when we aim at those insignificant things with a macro lens, a wonderful world can also appear in our field of vision.

1. Definition of macro photography:

Macro photography refers to the optical ability of the camera to shoot an image as big as the actual object (1: 1) or slightly larger than the actual object through the lens.

Macro shooting clarity

(1) Equipment recommendation: Canon's new Budweiser EF 100mm F2.8L lens has good focal length and imaging quality in current macro photography.

Macro photography of fruits and vegetables

(2) Close-up: refers to close-up, which does not reflect the tiny details of the object, but takes a "big photo" of the subject, which is done in combination with creativity. This shooting method tries to avoid "copying".

Macro-shooting works

2. Camera control function

(1) There is no requirement for macro photography of the camera, and it is also a good choice to use a macro with a focal length of 60mm for half of the camera.

(2) Aperture: For macro photography, the larger the aperture, the better, and the depth of field should be moderate.

(3) Shutter: It depends on the aperture size. I suggest you speed up the shooting as much as possible, so that the pictures will be more stable.

(4) Sensitivity: It should not be too high. Generally speaking, it should not exceed ISO400 in order to obtain good image quality.

be concentrated

The best and fastest way to focus macro photography is manual focusing.

4. Special skills

(1) water: it is very easy to appear when shooting at a macro, and it has a very special effect when shooting flowers.

Macro photography of flower dew

(2) Glycerol: Let's look at some photos and tell you that you can also shoot macro masterpieces at home. Vegetables and fruits can play a great role.

Glycerol can imitate water droplets in macro photography, which can make "water droplets" look more round.

Water drops can set off the effect of flowers.

Macro vegetables and fruits can also be photographed at home.

Macro-effect of cucumber

(3) water droplets on the glass: coat the glass with a layer of soap, that is, rub it gently with soap to make the water droplets spray out, which will make the water droplets more round and larger, but also pay attention to the angle of the glass and try not to be vertical? Let it be, it's easier to keep the shape of water droplets.

Creative macro photography

5. Exposure principle

Macro photography is mostly taken in the case of uniform light, so evaluation metering and spot metering can be used. And it is necessary to shoot with the correct exposure, so that the macro works obtained are more attractive.