How to use a macro photograph insects

Macro photography is shooting out of the image size is larger than the physical size of the original photographic style, the ratio between the average is greater than 1: 1. To be truly telephoto lens with the image, the distance between the lens and the physical than the distance from the much more important, for optical camera, macro photography in General to adopt professional attachments, such as amplifier

Macro photography is shooting out of the image size is larger than the physical size of the original photographic style, the ratio between the average is greater than 1: 1.

To be truly telephoto lens with the image, the distance between the lens and the physical than the distance from the much more important, for optical camera, macro photography in General to adopt professional attachments, such as amplifier, to zoom in on the real.

Macro insect photography requires more skill and reference to the nature of the process is much more interesting.

For example you can see like bombers like Dragonfly riots how predator; in the grass and touching romantic Butterfly how mate; flowers from Shuttle busy bee collecting pollen is. In the Sun, you can see the insect body issue metal General luster, or if the burning flame. The magic and beauty of nature, every moment are staged touching story depicts a beautiful moment, insects are a great way to close to nature, in camera in the true meaning of life and moving is the insect photography brings me the greatest reward and satisfaction.

First, macro photography, digital equipment of insects

Used camera insects relative to conventional camera has some clear advantages: for this macro photography of subjects is dynamic, the low success rate of insects, digital cameras and low-cost advantages of emergent; now many civilian digital camera has a micro-camera function, compared to traditional photography through retrofitting close-up lens, then ring can be achieved is simple and convenient; traditional camera in macro photography high magnification, but in the digital camera I think you have enough big pixels is the key.

General view of insect photography is probably the appropriate distance, mainly from 30cm-120cm insects of cautionary.

So long focal in such an environment photography is very important. Now on sale in the digital SLR cameras have shooting macro functions, such as SONY H9 or H series H50.

This type of macro photography we often need to crop an image, so there is a sufficiently large pixels is also critical.

Another point, insect photography is usually carried out in the wild, are often not allowed to use a tripod, but telephoto use entails a longer shutter time, choose to have IS (anti-hunting system) features of digital camera is very necessary.

Second, macro photography of commonly used techniques of insects

Macro photography of insects and the key to success is the principal of the high-definition, and this is the greatest difficulty.

Mainly related to the focus of my experience: in macro photography camera auto focus almost can't be trusted, so you have to do the first step is to learn to use your own skillfully hand digital for manual focusing. The currently available mainstream civil digital camera case, manual focusing is very awkward, to do the first step is to take the time to accumulate experience, when this happens, you'll have the opportunity to capture wonderful lens thixotropic.