Photographing insects

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Photographing insects Posted: 11 Apr 2011 04:40 AM PDT Because the insect photography? Why: • 75% of creatures on the planet fall into the category of insects • You can often interesting topics with great natural beauty are • The factor "ugh" of insects inspire in most people stop us to have a closer look at the real thing. Photographing insects is a very specialized area and volume, were written. However, there are three basic principles that you need to know when starting and when "why" and "how to"of these, you are ready to deepen the special effects, and experiment on their own. The camera's manual and articles about macro photography will tell you everything you need to know macro lenses and close the filter, so that we do not go there every * Sharpen the image is one of the most important aspects of photography bug. We have all seen pictures of flies and other insects, which are smaller hairs are visible on the body. Without it, the total impactthe image is lost. The easiest way to ensure a strong focus of the option of auto focus is to use the camera. This macro photography, even the slightest shock can manually change the depth and influence the sharpness of the image so that any influence after shaking autofocus complete the picture. U.S. starts the normal technique of half-press the shutter button to autofocus and recording as quickly as possible. To minimize the pressure of the hand, use a minimum shutter speed of1/125th of a second. * Lighting is a common problem in photography of insects. Of course, light a fire, but the problem with using flash when shooting macro against colored backgrounds plant, which happened in most insects, photography, natural colors that goes back at times. With an insect 1 / 125 shutter speed that can not well lit, the autofocus will fail. In this case, try manual focus and if that still does not look good, then the flashOption. * Once you have your pool party the right priorities, the next thing to do is look at the background. A blurred background to keep the attention on the insects. The easiest way to do this is to zoom. A 10 to 84 mm macro lens focal length and a 4, more than 210 mm, more enlargement is the same, but the second option will have a good background blur. Another thing to remember is that the greater the distance between theSubject and background is more blurred background. * The last issue is the design. For best effect, try the insect face, but to grasp at a slight angle. This allows the head to be in relationship with the body and maintain the image in the balance. With few exceptions, a photo bug back are not of great value. Keep insects easily from the center of the photo will produce positive results. Try using the "rule of thirds" for this. Once yougood results with these three techniques you can start looking to experiment on your own.

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