Amateur Photographer

It’s a bug’s light

close-up photography, it is possible to reveal and highlight all kinds of incredible, miniature detail, colour and form that might otherwise get overlooked. However, it is a challenging genre for a number of reasons. Perceived depth of field appears much shallower when working at higher levels of magnification, while light can also be in very short supply owing to the short camera-to-subject distance. And things get even trickier if you are attempting to photograph something that can move, like an insect or reptile. In order to eliminate subject (and potentially camera) movement, you need

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