macro photography

collocation in English

meaningsofmacroandphotography

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macro
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmæk.rəʊ/us
/ˈmæk.roʊ/
a single instruction given to a computer that produces a set of instructions for the computer to perform a particular piece ...
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photography
noun[U]
uk
/fəˈtɒɡ.rə.fi/us
/fəˈtɑː.ɡrə.fi/
the activity or job of taking photographs ...
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(Definition ofmacroandphotographyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Active systems may also fail to focus a subject that is very close to the camera ("e.g.",macrophotography).
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This effect can be advantageous for telephoto andmacrophotographyas it produces a tighter crop without the need to increase actual focal length.
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This eliminates parallax errors at any subject distance, thus allowing formacrophotography.
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Depth of field is a significant concern inmacrophotography, however, and there one sees smaller apertures.
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Getting sufficient depth of field can be particularly challenging inmacrophotography.
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This is often useful for isolating subjects from backgrounds as in individual portraits ormacrophotography.
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Focus stacking can be used in any situation where individual images have a very shallow depth of field;macrophotographyand optical microscopy are two typical examples.
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When the subject is very close to the camera, as is the case inmacrophotography, the distance of the flash from the optical axis becomes significant.
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He is noted for his photographs of in vivo human embryos and other medical subjects once considered unphotographable, and more generally for his extrememacrophotography.
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With the ability to digitally zoom in 10 before taking a picture, it is very well suited for exact manual focussing, for example inmacrophotography.
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