Macro
Macro photography is the art of capturing the tiny world that surrounds us.
There are different approaches in macro photography, starting from close up landscape (magnification ratios from 1:1 to 1:3) to high magnification ratio macro (from 1:1 to 5:1). A magnification ratio of 1:1 reflects a size of the subject on the sensor that is equal to its actual size.
Close up landscape photography shows the subject in its natural environment, using a large framing, whereas high magnification ratios are used to make pictures that reveal minute details of the subject, such as its eyes. These two approaches require different lenses and equipment.
There are also different philosophies and schools of thought.
On one side are those photographers who use only or mainly natural light and make their pictures in a natural environment; on the other side are those who use multiple lighting systems, and capture their images in some kind of studio that simulates a natural environment.
Other fields include macro photography of objects and high-speed photography, such as the collision of liquid droplets, for example.
Macro photography is one of the fields that requires a strong knowledge of the gear, and a strong technique. In most of the cases, this generally requires that you set all the parameters manually, especially focus. Indeed, depth of field obtained with a macro lens (also a function ...
