Technique
4. Flowers Here’s another great opportunity to transform an everyday object into an extraordinary one. You will be amazed by flowers at full macro magnification. There are bold shades, of course, but also textural petals, delicate filaments and layered lines. All this means you’ve got the perfect opportunity to practise macro composition. The same rules apply at this small scale as any other genre. For flowers, look at shapes and symmetry, contrast in colour and light, as well as depth-of-field. Watch out for windy days and hard sunlight.
5. Body Parts If you have friends or family nearby, this means you have access to macro models! The depth and detail of eyes look striking in macro images, but the beauty in other features – like lips, ears and hands – will be revealed, too. The same can be said of animals. Paws, noses and whiskers are all supreme macro subjects. A monochrome Film Simulation can help accentuate tone and form. We’d also recommend working in soft daylight for more flattering results. You can afford to use manual focus here, made more precise with an MF ASSIST tool found within the AF/MF SETTING menu.
16 FUJIFILM Focus Magazine
August/September 2024
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