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Choose the right equipment for shooting flowers
Want blooming marvellous shots? Then you need to know what gear to get and how to use it.
The vibrant colours of spring and summer draw photographers out into gardens or the countryside. Choosing the right camera settings and lens to snap these sumptuous hues is vital if you're going to do them justice. Depth of field is also at a premium, so you'll need to use an aperture that keeps the right part of the image in focus.
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Choosing the right settings and equipment for shooting flowers
The sumptuous colours of flowers instantly draw photographers into gardens and the countryside in spring and summer. The intense hues and varied palette create eye-catching pictures, but it is essential that you set up correctly if you are going to do justice to their natural beauty. ith most flower shots, you photograph the subject from close distances, so depth of field is at a premium.
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As a result, you need to focus accurately and ensure that you use an aperture that keeps the right parts of the picture in focus while keeping other parts as out of focus as possible. This can be done in several exposure modes, but Av is probably the best for the job. Use a tripod if possible to help maximise image sharpness.
Which aperture is best for floral close-ups?
It is tempting to use the narrowest apertures to maximise sharpness, but this is not always best. Use a narrow aperture of f/22 (far right) and the wall is too distracting. As long as part of the bloom is pinsharp, other parts can be out of focus. Here, the wide aperture shots at f/2.8 and f/5.6 work best.
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Posted by Chris George on Friday, Jul 2009 at 02:27pm GMT. First appeared: PhotoPlus magazine
an interesting feature but you failled to bring lens choice into the equasion,for example depth of field would be far shallower at those f stops if you were using a macro lens compared to say a 18-50 or 24-70 and focusing becomes more and more criticle,do correct me if im wrong.
#1. Posted on Friday, 30 Oct 2009 at 07:04pm GMT. Report this
Daniel I agrue, all of his articles are vague
#2. Posted on Saturday, 13 Mar 2010 at 10:26am GMT. Report this
sorry about typo - replace agrue with agree
#3. Posted on Saturday, 13 Mar 2010 at 10:27am GMT. Report this
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