Gallery of flower photos
A digital SLR camera with professional macro lens allows you to photograph flowers much closer such as this image of a million bells flower that is hanging from a basket.
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This image is a good example of how unusual macro wide angle images from a point-and-shoot camera can be. Placing a camera within centimeters of a flower while not blocking the sunlight is a little tricky, but the result can be a different perspectives.
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A water-misted morning glory was photographed with a Canon compact Powershot in macro mode from a distance of one centimeter using no zoom.
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These two-inch fuchsias hanging from a backyard fence in Glenview look larger than life because they were photographed using wide-angle (no zoom) set to macro mode and the camera was placed within a couple of centimeters under the flowers.
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This dahlia flower was shot with a compact Canon Powershot set to macro mode and needed an exposure compensation (- + ev) of -2 to properly record the bright color saturation of the flower.
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This is a close view of the hibiscus flower's stem photographed with a compact camera set to macro mode. Try to pick an angle that does not block the sunlight.
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Don't wait for a flower to bloom to take a picture. This dahlia was shot just before blooming with a compact camera set to macro.
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A one-inch cone-headed grasshopper on a clematis flower was photographed with a compact Canon in macro mode from a centimeter away. This hopper is responsible for the sounds of summer evenings.
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Try to pick a clean background when you photograph flowers such as red salvia. These were photographed with a Canon digital SLR using a professional 100 mm macro lens.
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This photograph of a dahlia flower is a great example of how interesting and unusual macro wide-angle images from a point-and-shoot camera can be. It was shot from behind to create a different view with a Canon digital.
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This torenia flower was photographed by placing the lens right up against the flower using a Canon compact Powershot set to macro mode, with the sun providing backlighting through the flower.
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Sunlight was shining directly on these two-inch fuchsia flowers, which allowed the use of the sky as the background.
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A pair of cypress vine flowers were photographed with a professional 100 mm f2.8 macro lens. A compact camera set to macro could also have been used.
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A water-misted miniature rose bush leaf was photographed with a Canon compact Powershot in macro mode from a distance of one centimeter using no zoom.
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This image of soybean looper, a caterpillar, was shot from 1 cm away with a compact Canon Powershot G10 using the macro mode (flower setting). Many point-shoot cameras can focus as close as one to five centimeters when using no zoom.
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A compact Canon Powershot set to macro was used to capture the pollen on this hosta flower without using any zoom.
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You can add interest to flowers by spraying water on them before taking pictures, such as was done with this pair of thunbergia flowers photographed with a Canon digital SLR using a professional 85 mm f2.8 macro lens.
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This small flower hanging from a backyard fence in Glenview was photographed from behind with a compact camera in macro mode with no zoom from about five centimeters away. You can use a spray bottle if you want to create a rain effect.
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A fuchsia flower is gobbled up by a moon flower and photographed with a standard lens.
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This thunbergia flower was photographed before blooming with a EOS-1D Mark II using a 100 mm f2.8 macro lens. On sunny days you can avoid blown out highlights by setting the exposure compensation (- + ev) to negative one or two.
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This is a close-up view of the red salvia flower, photographed with a Canon digital SLR using a professional 100 mm macro lens.
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A dahlia is captured in a raindrop with a compact point and shoot style camera set to macro mode. When using the macro mode, it is best to push the shutter button down halfway and allow the camera to focus and then push the rest of the way to take the photograph.
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This is a hibiscus with a ruby-throated hummingbird shot last September with a DSLR using a 200 mm lens with a 1.4x multiplier.
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A morning glory in it's later stage still makes an interesting picture when it was photographed using the macro setting with no zoom.
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This one-inch purple salvia flower was shot with a compact Canon Powershot set to macro mode (flower setting) at a distance of 2 cm, using wide angle (no zoom lens), which allows you to shoot capture detail while also recording a wide view.
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This thistle photograph taken in Lake County is a good example of how unusual macro wide-angle images from a point-and-shoot camera can be.
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When you place a compact camera extremely close to flowers such as this petunia, you should pick an angle to avoid blocking the light. On sunny days you can avoid blown-out highlights by setting the exposure compensation (- + ev) to -1 or -2.
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This morning glory was photographed with a compact camera in macro mode.
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A water-misted salvia flower, only a half-inch long, was photographed with a Canon compact Powershot in macro or flower mode (tulip icon setting) from a distance of one centimeter using no zoom.
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This tiger swallowtail caterpillar was photographed with a compact camera in macro mode and is a great example of how interesting macro wide-angle images can be. The caterpillar will become a large moth according to Jill Stites.
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This photograph of a wild plant leaf was taken from below with the sun providing backlighting through the leaf to highlight the detail. A compact camera set to macro was used to photograph the leaf in Lake County.
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