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		<title>Photography Tips: Macros</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first post in series of photography tips on some of my favorite topics in photography. ]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I frequently get questions on different photography topics, from what kind of camera to buy to technique to what software to use.  I have recently gotten into <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrophotography" target="_blank">macrophotography</a>, meaning photography of small objects close up, and I thought this would be a good photography topic to discuss. I plan on doing a little series on photography in no dedicated timeline, based on the whims of inspiration. Expect a few more topics down the line. Here&#8217;s a couple of samples from recent macro shots.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.markglover.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/MG_3278.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-363" style="border: 10px solid white;" title="Catepillar" src="http://www.markglover.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/MG_3278-200x300.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.markglover.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/MG_3288.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-362" style="border: 10px solid white;" title="Frog" src="http://www.markglover.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/MG_3288-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">There&#8217;s a number of ways to do this.  You can buy an expensive dedicated macro lens like <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002NEGTSI/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=markglocom-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399373&amp;creativeASIN=B002NEGTSI" target="_blank"> this one</a>. The difference in this lens is the <a href="http://photonotes.org/cgi-bin/search.pl?input=focal+length&amp;which=d" target="_blank">focal length</a>, or the distance in which the light converges on to you cameras sensor. Or you can do what I do and use you existing zoom lens with a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001AO2274/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=markglocom-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=B001AO2274" target="_blank">Macro filter set</a>. These have different rings of varying power to  turn you lens into a macro lens very economically. For instance my canon lens can normally only focus on an object as close as 5 feet, however, when you slap one of these on there you&#8217;ll be able to focus on an object only a couple of feet away with a large amount of zoom. Note that both of these methods will shorten the <a href="http://photonotes.org/cgi-bin/search.pl?input=depth+of+field&amp;which=d" target="_blank">depth of field</a> and make focusing more critical. It also creates a nice blur effect on objects in foreground or background. You&#8217;ll likely want to switch to manual focus for this.</p>
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