Difficulty level: Intermediate Time taken: 2 hours All images © Ross Hoddinott
Photographing close-ups of insects can be frustrating and fiddly. Technically, it can prove challenging due to the depth of field growing increasingly shallow at higher magnifications. Light can also be in short supply when the camera is positioned so close to the subject. And photographers need to be careful their own shadow doesn’t obscure light or frighten the subject away.
However, close-up photographers also possess a huge amount of control over light. When working so close to popular close-up subjects such as
