Top 12 Tips for Macro Photography - Point of Focus
8. Point of Focus
It is imperative to consider the actual point of focus when working close-up with tiny subjects. You can dramatically change the appearance by where you chose to focus. These two shots of the same teasle head were both shot at the same maximum aperture, but the point of focus was changed by a couple of millimetres to produce an entirely different effect.
Teasle head. Nikon D200, Sigma 150mm macro lens. 1/320sec @ f/5.6, ISO 100.
This article has more pages:
- 1. Top 12 Tips for Macro Photography - Choose the Best Lens
- 2. Top 12 Tips for Macro Photography - Make a Standard Zoom Focus Closer
- 3. Top 12 Tips for Macro Photography - Add a Dioptre to Make a Lens Focus Closer
- 4. Top 12 Tips for Macro Photography - Use Apertures to Control Depth of Field
- 5. Top 12 Tips for Macro Photography - Blend Flash with Ambient
- 6. Top 12 Tips for Macro Photography - Use a Third Hand
- 7. Top 12 Tips for Macro Photography - Fine-tune Macro Pattern Compositions
- 8. Top 12 Tips for Macro Photography - Point of Focus
- 9. Top 12 Tips for Macro Photography - Check LCD Panel
- 10. Top 12 Tips for Macro Photography - Raindrops
- 11. Top 12 Tips for Macro Photography - Backgrounds
- 12. Top 12 Tips for Macro Photography - Butterflies
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