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Use focus stacking for a large depth-of-field that guarantees the subject is pin-sharp

When you’re working at a 1:1 ratio subject, sharpness and depth-of-field become more critical. Depth-of-field in macro photography is a huge challenge, because when you’re working so close to the subject, a middle aperture such as f/8 will provide a relatively shallow depth-of-field. You could of course stop down the lens down to f/22, which would increase depth-of-field, but at this setting, diffraction – a softening of the image – would occur. The alternative and preferable technique is to focus stack. This is where you set the lens to its sharpest aperture – usually f/8 or f/11 – and then take a series of images with focus, starting at the front of the subject with the first shot, and ending at the back of the subject for the final image.…

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