Magnification simply means how much a lens is capable of making things bigger.A Life-size, or a 1:1 Magnification means that the captured subject is the same size on your film, or on the camera sensor, as it is in real life. The width of a typical crop sensor such as the one in Canon D60 is roughly about the same size of the diameter of a US Quarter. SO....If we were to take m More...

"""can some one help me to select a Macro lens ? ""I personally , strongly believe the following::When we see an impressive macro for instance, we say to ourselves that it must be the lens, or it must be the camera, but not really, there is much more to a good macro shot than the lens and the camera. For your information, I have taken all my favorite macro shots, including Mega Bee, the photo belo More...

"HOW DID YOU GET SO MUCH DOF IN THAT MEGA BEE MACRO ?"DOF, the big "secretes"We all know that the biggest challenge facing us in Macro photography, is DOF.The following is true in regards to DOF::1_ To get more DOF, we need to use smaller aperture.2_ Smaller aperture needs more and more light3_going beyond a certain aperture, usually f/11-f/16, we lose detail due to diffraction.So, what can we do More...

Exposure rules, what happens as we magnify??As you know, each time we stop our lenses down, like going from f/8 to f/11, the DOF increases, but we also need twice as much light for the same exposure at one stop smaller aperture. By the same token, going down from f/11 to f/16, we need twice as much light for the same exposure. So, at f/22, we need twice as much light as we needed at f/16 and 4 tim More...

I understand some of you are in a rush to buy a macro lens, as summer is here and you like to take some shots.We will expand on this topic as we go on, but for now, very briefly::1_Macro lenses fall in the ranges of 50-60 mm, 90-105mm, 150mm, 180mm and 200mm.2_all 4 major manufacturers, Canon, Nikon, Tamron and Sigma have lenses in these ranges3_the higher on the focal length you go, like a 60mm v More...

STEP ONE___CAPTURE THE BEAUTY, DO NOT BE A MAGNIFICATION FREAK************************************************************************************************Thank you for all your Facebook messages asking and encouraging me to continue, I admire your patience and your enthusiasm. I am extremely busy, but will do my best.I alsoknow some of you may not support my step by step process of sharing my More...

In discussing DOF, I am not going to bother you with things you already know. BUT, simply put, DOF is the area in your photograph that is in focus.DOF and focus (sharpness) are two most important aspects of Macro Photography and those are what we are ALL trying to get more of. A macro shot with most magnification, most DOF and good focus, will be most technically challenging.But how can I get adeq More...

Before we go into lenses, it is better we FULLY understand the following terms:1_Magnification2_Resolution3_DOF4_Aperture5_Effective Aperture6_DiffrationIn this section, we will cover Magnification and ResolutionMagnification::Magnification simply means how much a lens is capable of making things bigger.A Life-size, or a 1:1 Magnification means that the captured subject is the same size on your fi More...

*********************************this is a more reasonable question than "what kind of a camera do you use" question which we covered here:*********************************To better answer this question, first, we better define what "Macro Photography" means.In my opinion, a photo is not a macro shot, unless it is a 1:1 magnification of the the subject, or better ((pronounced one-to-one magnificat More...

""WHAT CAMERA DO YOU USE TAKING THESE MACRO SHOTS??""" Above, has been the most frequently asked question and I actually find it to be the most irrelevant question regarding my macro shots ! BUT, for your information, I have taken all my favorite macros with an old 6 MP Fuji camera, S3.For those who may not be familiar, the photo above, is a macro of a very small bee, called Sweat bee. The part th More...

Once I saw an ant in a small puddle of water struggling hard to swim out. I remained under the impression that ants are not good swimmers and would probably work hard to stay away from finding themselves in water. So, I started thinking of a way to put them in that kind of a predicament and eventually, I worked with what I had at my disposal and the following set up came to my mind. I filled a More...

I guess it all depends on how much you'd like to get into the Macro world, what your interests are and how you define macro photography in general. For many, Macro photography starts with 1:1magnification and anything less than that would be called close up. As you know, with a true macro lens, you're probably already there but I'm not sure how easily one can get to !:! with the 180MM prime, if ev More...

In an overview of Macro photography a 1:1 Macro is defined as following:In a typical crop sensor DSLR such as Canon 10D and 20D, Nikon D70, D50 and D2x, Fuji S2 and S3, the sensor size is around 15 MM by 24 MM or around 3/4 on inch by 1 inch. Now, if you have a subject which is 24 MM in length, for a 1:1 Macro, it should fill the frame from edge to edge, with NO room for further crops. A 2:1 Macro More...