1 HUNT AROUND…
…for a nice specimen. Macro obviously enlarges every detail of the subject, so try to find the most aesthetically pleasing insect or plant you can.
2 COMPOSITION TOOLS
Think about the direction your subject is travelling in through the frame, or whether you can use stems and blades of grass as leading lines.
3 CONSISTENT LIGHTING
If you want to create composites of several subjects at the editing stage (see page 18) make sure your lighting of each subject is as similar as possible.
4 FIRE OFF QUICKLY
Don’t be too picky about the framing – you can always crop out white space later on.
5 CHECK SCREEN BRIGHTNESS
Turn off auto screen brightness, otherwise your results might become misleadingly bright or dark.
6 GET EVEN
Shoot…
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