Whats the difference in camera settings?
Macro photography tips about aperture. As mentioned. macro lenses have a narrow depth of field. Aperture plays a large role in depth of field. Aperture is relative to the amount of light hitting your camera’s film or sensor. See the diagram below for help. This is accomplished by setting the aperture. Aperture is also known as the f-stop and an aperture of eight would be written as f/8. The larger the aperture the greater the amount in focus, or a greater depth of field. The smaller the aperture the less in focus or less depth of field. This is where things can get confusing. What’s meant by a larger or smaller aperture? The larger the aperture the smaller the representative number, such as f/2.8 The smaller the aperture the larger the representative number, such as f/16. Based on this, with the three pictures above there is quite a difference isn’t there? Going beyond macro photography tips to photography in general this aperture applies to all pictures and depth of field. The wasp ph