Nivek's guide to close-up shots

nivek;2455351 said:

heya dutty,, all solid advice from kush there,, for sure,, i can add a bit maybe,, might help ya,,, first,, the 50 - 200 is no good, i read it has a min focus distance of a meter,, so, not useful,, so that leaves the lens on the camera,, shich is not a macro specifically, far as i can see, but does not have to be to take the pics you need. i can't really find any info on it's macro capabilities,, but,, no worries anyway. like i mentioned, i might be able to help you get the best from what you have,, a specialty of mine.

so, first thing is manual focus,, an absolute must,, learn how to use the focusing mechanism, whatever it is,, this is critical

my thoughts on exposure,, exposure is the shutter speed in combination with the aperture. the aperture is the thing that makes lots in focus or little in focus. shutter speed is shutter speed. like i mentioned in my photo post,, set shutter speed to 1/60 and leave it there (unless you are using a tripod,, then shutter speed can be slower)

aperture , controls 'depth of field' like i mentioned,, a lot in focus or a little. aperture , and 'depth of field', can be important, but does not have to be,, even with a minimum of depth of field,, as in, very little in focus,,,, still,,, 'some' of it is in focus,,, so,,, as long as the important part that you want to show off,, usually the main part closest to the viewer, is clearly in focus,, repeat,, clearly in focus,, once more,, in focus,,, the pic will be great. with a couple of simple lights,, one either side,, camera set to 1/60th,, one can expect to shoot with an aperture of f4 to 5.6 or so,, plenty good to get nice sharp images

no flash,, ever, unless it is detachable and off to one side

to get the closest shot,, you can only get as close as your lens will let you. there is a limit to how close your camera can be to the subject. you must find that limit,, and you push your camera distance right to the edge of that range,, a bit below the edge,, takes a bit of practice. if there is a macro setting, same applies,, find the edge.

even with out being close to the edge,, a bit of cropping does not hurt image quality,, in other words, or, better words,, you dont have to take the closest shot possible,, you can crop it closer in your photo editor, and it will still look great.

focus, focus, focus,, cheers dutty


Originally Posted by SweetSue
Reps for that nivek. You have a talent for making the technical easier to understand.
cheers sue,, thanks ,, i think i have already mentioned how i am so like my kitty,, think you know what i mean,,,

i want to add something iffin i might,, about aperture

aperture is all that i mentioned before,, but might i suggest,, the size of the hole that let's light into the camera,, you might have seen many many times a camera, maybe cartoon, with the metal precision leave thingies all in a circle getting bigger and smaller all sliding over each other making a bigger hole to a smaller hole,, if you can think of that,,, that is aperture,, the hole in the lens actually really gets smaller and bigger,,, so, smaller hole means less light is getting in,, = needs more time to take good pic,,,
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bigger hole ,, higher aperture,,lower number,, confusing,,, f2.8 is huge hole,,, f11 is small hole,,

small hole is less light, slower shutter speed,, big hole is more light, faster shutter speed

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