My first Macro
Today at lunch time i went to try some macro photography. I had in my mind all the great pictures i see on the web and in many macro photography web site. I always read all the article of serious macro photographer but i never imaged that take good insects or flowers pictures was so difficult.
The first “issue” for me was that i had to look where usually i don’t. I can see flowers,leaves and trees every days but i never stopped to see what was around that.
The second issue was try to get close enough to the insects without make them fly or run away.
The third issue was the depth of field and focusing, when is windy is a real nightmare keep on focus something very little when the depth of field is only few millimeters.
Forth issue lighting…….
Than ok, there was a lot of other issues and now i really appreciate all the great macro photography pictures that i see on the web because only now i understand how difficult is.
Saying that, I’m quite happy about the result, i made the first step in this fantastic new world and i really want to improve on it. For sure i can make better but i need more experience, so i’ll go on to take macro pictures and hopefully, in a near future, I’ll be able to show you something good.
Meanwhile, please have a look at this Gallery and feel free to leave a comment.
saw your first post in fred miranda macro, good first shots. i think your bee shots are best.
You have chosen difficult subjects to start with.
lighting harsh on them, probably the hardest thing to get right.
always focus on the eyes so they are sharp,everything else can be oof. when windy its best not to bother!
keep practising, doesnt cost anything to delite files afterall.
phil
Hi!
Thanks for your comment and really thanks for your suggestion, I’ll keep on practising and really hope one day to archive some good pictures as yours one.
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Your gallery is really impressive, I really love the Robin Moth, flowers, frog and sawfly pictures on your Flickr photostream.
For me focusing is one of the main issue but I’ll go on practising, as you said it doesn’t cost anything and I have a lot of fun doing it.
Hope to post something new soon
Thanks again
Giorgio