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Make your macro shots about more than high magnification with these imaginative techniques

Since macro photography is such a precise task, it is very easy to become so concerned with technical excellence that artistic opportunity is then overlooked. Focus, shutter speed and exposure are all vital, but should be seen as fundamental aspects on top of which a creative composition should be built. This restricted mindset is also partially due to the specific nature of the skills required for successful macro and the expected characteristics of the resulting images. There are far more artistic possibilities from macro subjects than the majority of photographers even attempt to explore – macro should be seen as a method of accessing challenging subjects, rather than being the subject of an image itself. The key ingredients in creative macro and close-up imagery can be broken down into a…

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