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5. If you??™re having trouble getting the image in focus, point the camera at an edge or
some sharply de?¬? ned region of the subject (without changing the distance to the
subject). This may help the camera lock onto the subject. Or you can carry a small
card with sharply de?¬? ned black-and-white stripes on it (a business card and a magic
marker is all you need). If you??™re having trouble getting good focus, hold the card
right next to the subject and get the camera to focus-lock on that instead. Also,
some digital cameras have trouble focusing in low light; you might want to carry an
inexpensive light that you can use to illuminate the subject when focusing. Don??™t
forget that you might be too close to or too far from the subject to lock the focus??”
experiment by moving the camera until you can successfully get a sharp image.
6. When you??™re ready, take the picture by pressing the rest of the way down on the
shutter release.
That??™s it in a nutshell??”the point is that you need to be very sensitive to focus when
shooting close-ups, and you may need to reorient the camera slightly to get a good, solid
focus lock. Also, when you do get a lock, make sure that you??™re focused on the right subject.
The depth of field is quite shallow at this close distance to your subject, and it??™s easy to get
an out-of-focus image.
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