Macro Photography tips for Point and Shoot cameras III

Hello everyone!

How are you all doing?

Hope you have enjoyed my last post on Lighting tips in macro photography for Point and shoot cameras, If you haven't read it yet then please do visit  because the present post is a continuation of the last post.

Don't you ever look at the wonderful macro pictures on the internet and wonder if you could also click something like those. But very often we get discouraged because we do not have the right gear for that, and admit it that we do envy the fact that those people have those hi-fi cameras and fancy lenses. But do not be dis heartened dear friends because I'm a person just like you, having only a "POINT AND SHOOT" camera. But that doesn't stop me from experimenting time and time again until I get the desired results. 

The macro mode built in the point and shoot cameras also give some amazing photos provided you are ready to keep trying no matter what and God willing some day you might own a brand new DSLR and those fancy lenses like others, but till then keep pushing your Point and shoot to its limits like I do and trust me, your camera will become your best friend and your pictures will start speaking your thoughts.

For the picture to convey your words an important thing to remember is THE ANGLE OF PHOTOGRAPHY.

Trying to capture a something in almost the same way becomes monotonous after some day and people loose interest in your pictures, so this article will emphasize on the Angle involved in photographing using Macro mode.

Let me explain my point to you through an example

Above are the three shots of the same flower(These are the tender buds of the Euphorbia milli).

1.

In the first picture we observe that the angle is very common this is the common mistake people do while clicking the macros of a flower, they go quite close and they try to focus from an angle above the flower. 

The cons of doing so are that the image is out of focus because the subject is too close to the lens and the details are lost making it a bad picture.

2. 

The second picture is taken by tilting the camera at an angle which is slightly away from the perpendicular shot above. 

Pros: The details of the flower are retained

Cons: The composition is not very interesting

Nevertheless some people might like the picture, depending upon their personal taste.

3.

The final picture shows the buds in a bokeh backdrop, +which has been achieved using a shallow depth of field and the rule of thirds (This will be explained in the coming posts, so stay tuned )have been used to compost the third picture which makes it an interesting composition. 

Pros: The availability of a far away background with trees have been used here to make the subject stand out, and it gives a professional touch.

Stay tuned for the next posts on tips for macro photography.

BOKEH, RULE-OF-THIRDS, DEPTH-OF-FIELD etc will be explained in my coming posts.

PS: Please click on the images for a larger view.

Till then have fun, keep smiling and Happy clicking people.

Cheers,
Deepthi Nannam