Tricks in Photography With Macro
What is macro photography? Macro photography is the use of wide angle lens in order to take photos.
It is known as wide angle lens because the peripheral view of the camera is much wider.
It's a really good photo trick to use.
What effects does macro photography have? Imagine yourself looking at a mosquito up close.
I mean so close that you can't see anything else except for a giant mosquito.
If your peripheral view has suddenly increased at the moment with a switch to macro, then the mosquito in front of you will look smaller and you will see more details of the environment surrounding the mosquito.
Lets take another example with a normal scenery.
Fixating on the same scenery, lets say you suddenly switch your regular lens to your wide angle lens, you will immediately realize the following differences:
Magnification is simply how much your camera needs to "shrink" the subject onto your screen.
Confused? Your subject (for example, a person) is almost always bigger than your camera's sensor.
Lets say you are filling up the screen of your camera's sensor with a 2.
2 meter tall giant, and your camera's sensor has a width of 22mm, then the magnification would be 1:100.
If you want to take pictures of small creatures like grasshoppers, then your aim is to look for lens with magnification of 1:1 ratio.
What this means is that if you move your camera very close to the butterfly you are trying to take, and you fill up your screen with your butterfly (whether you zoom in or walk closer), you should be able to see every detail clearly without any blur at all.
If your macro lens shows a blurry image no matter how you calibrate then the magnification is not 1:1.
Before you plan any tricks with photography, make sure you check the specifications of the lens you are preparing to buy.
Special effects Macro Can Produce Macro also allows you to exaggerate the distance of objects that are far away from you.
For example, lets say you position a person a few feet behind another person and took a photo of both of them, you will actually see the person behind seem very far away.
Macro also makes subjects close to you show more clear details.
This photography trick is often used to blur out far away subjects to create special effects like bokeh.
Difference between Macro mode and Macro lens Even though both are macro, they actually have slight differences.
Macro mode that comes with your camera simply opens your camera's aperture to be as wide as possible to imitate wide angle lens.
Real professional macro lens can vary in terms of quality, and magnification ratio.
If you are using a DSLR (digital single lens reflex), then it's recommended you get some macro lens for it.
If you are just a beginner, you can always just make it yourself.
It is known as wide angle lens because the peripheral view of the camera is much wider.
It's a really good photo trick to use.
What effects does macro photography have? Imagine yourself looking at a mosquito up close.
I mean so close that you can't see anything else except for a giant mosquito.
If your peripheral view has suddenly increased at the moment with a switch to macro, then the mosquito in front of you will look smaller and you will see more details of the environment surrounding the mosquito.
Lets take another example with a normal scenery.
Fixating on the same scenery, lets say you suddenly switch your regular lens to your wide angle lens, you will immediately realize the following differences:
- Subjects that are far away from your physical location will look much farther away compared to subjects closer to you.
- Subjects that's very far away (like a far away mountain) will look blurrier, and smaller like shrinking the world into a crystal ball so the background doesn't interfere with what you are trying to express
- Pictures taken close to your subject will be distorted like a fun house mirror (this is a commonly used photography trick)
- Depending on the magnification potential of your lens, you can also focus your camera to get a super detail rich image on miniature objects like insects, toys.
Magnification is simply how much your camera needs to "shrink" the subject onto your screen.
Confused? Your subject (for example, a person) is almost always bigger than your camera's sensor.
Lets say you are filling up the screen of your camera's sensor with a 2.
2 meter tall giant, and your camera's sensor has a width of 22mm, then the magnification would be 1:100.
If you want to take pictures of small creatures like grasshoppers, then your aim is to look for lens with magnification of 1:1 ratio.
What this means is that if you move your camera very close to the butterfly you are trying to take, and you fill up your screen with your butterfly (whether you zoom in or walk closer), you should be able to see every detail clearly without any blur at all.
If your macro lens shows a blurry image no matter how you calibrate then the magnification is not 1:1.
Before you plan any tricks with photography, make sure you check the specifications of the lens you are preparing to buy.
Special effects Macro Can Produce Macro also allows you to exaggerate the distance of objects that are far away from you.
For example, lets say you position a person a few feet behind another person and took a photo of both of them, you will actually see the person behind seem very far away.
Macro also makes subjects close to you show more clear details.
This photography trick is often used to blur out far away subjects to create special effects like bokeh.
Difference between Macro mode and Macro lens Even though both are macro, they actually have slight differences.
Macro mode that comes with your camera simply opens your camera's aperture to be as wide as possible to imitate wide angle lens.
Real professional macro lens can vary in terms of quality, and magnification ratio.
If you are using a DSLR (digital single lens reflex), then it's recommended you get some macro lens for it.
If you are just a beginner, you can always just make it yourself.
