- 1). Find a good camera. If you are using any old camera, it will not achieve the desired effect. If you are starting out with photography, there is no point in paying hundreds of dollars for the best camera, but you still want one that will give you range. Look for a digital camera that has 12 mega-pixels. The higher the mega-pixels, the better quality photographs you will get. Play around with the camera. See what it can do. Take one photograph using one setting. Take another with a different setting. See which style you prefer.
- 2). Get down to the level of the plant. Do not simply stand over the plant and look down at it. Take photographs from many different angles. This way you will have a range of shots. Some angles will complement the plant better than others.
- 3). Pay attention to the background. If there is a piece of foreign material on the floor, it will make the photograph as a whole unattractive. Likewise, there may be another plant which will detract the viewers' attention from the main focus. You want a naturalistic, nature photograph, so make sure you only include that in your shot. Move the plant into a different area if you must. If it is outside and cannot be moved, angle the camera so that it only captures what you want to see.
- 4). You can never take too many pictures. You may end up with hundreds of pictures of the same plant. This is what you want. You can then check through them once you have uploaded them to a computer. Pick out the ones you like the most. Some will probably be out of focus. Erase those. Then narrow it down to ten of the best.
- 5). Make sure you use the right resolution. The best resolution for close-up photographs would be JPEG. Resolution is the level of information displayed on a device. The higher the resolution, the more in focus and detailed your shot will be. The term JPEG is an acronym for " Joint Photographic Experts Group" and is one of the best formats to use for photography as it is the least compressed.
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