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[Marco]

Thanks all. I never thought about using a portrait lens. I'm going to try taking photos with a higher f stop and an 85mm. Will post updates sometime over the weekend

[High Fuukiran]

Originally Posted by estación seca

Marco indicated he wants the whole plant in focus. With a macro lens and a large object like an entire Vanda falcata, increasing F stop leads to chromatic aberrations because different light colors are diffracted differently. Smaller apertures lead to sharper focus. Plus few people have light equipment bright enough for wide aperture macro shots. The solution is to use the right lens - a portrait lens - and increase the distance.

Although it is not a photography forum. I will allow myself to disagree. Smaller apertures do not always lead to sharp focus, unless you use a high quality lens.And still, each lens is different and has a "sweet spot" and it is not on either end of the F stop lineup. Besides, macro lenses (exception dedicated macro) function as normal lenses, except that they allow you to use a very short focusing distance. true, extreme close up requires lots of lite, but it is not what Marco was showing.

In any case, Marco's macro lens can be used as a normal lens with conventional rules applied for broad depth of field. So, again higher F stop combined with the needed composition will do the job.

[RosieC]

Lovely!