Macro Photography

I love macro photography, and I get really good results with my phone plus the magnifying clip, but I've been trying to learn to do it with my new Canon.

I found a beetle in a glass candle holder, so I decided to use it to practice before releasing it.

I've figured out how to get it into macro mode automatically (basically making sure the lens is all the way in and pointing it at something close), but I find getting the photo awkward and difficult. I don't know why it seems to cast a much bigger shadow than the phone, because it's not much bigger. I angled the glass into the bright sun and tried to get good light on it, but it was difficult.

After getting about 20 photos (the best of which I've attached to the observation - they're the ones where you can see more of the glass), I eventually switched to my phone. Using the phone I got lots of clear photos without having to mess about with tilting the glass , although there were some where the focus was on the bottom of the glass, rather than the beetle.

One aspect is that the screen on the phone is bigger and brighter, so I can see what I'm doing more clearly in bright sunlight, but there's definitely more to it than that.

I guess I'll have to find more videos on YouTube, practice, and try to learn how to use the manual camera settings instead of just relying on automatic. For now, I'll keep using my phone and the point-and-click capabilities for the photographically-challenged!

Julkaistu kesäkuu 20, 2024 01:47 IP. käyttäjältä clightowler