Flower Power

October 19, 2007

The pictures below are among of the many flower shots I’ve taken over the years of shooting in macro. Flowers are relatively “easy” to shoot because unlike insects or other living things, the just stay where they are, giving you ample time to compose your shots.

But even then, this does not mean you can take it for granted. You still need to consider several other issues such as setting the right aperture to get the most desired results.

To put it in simple term, if you want everything about the subject to be in focus, choose the smallest aperture, or largest aperture if you want only certain part of the subject to be in focus.

Okay, I admit it’s not as simple as that — because you still need think about shutter speed and manual focus, if your point-and-shot camera has a setting for manual focus. However, varying the depth of field of a subject, is already a good concept to start experimenting with.

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