Macro

Macro photography involves making an image on the film (or chip) that is life-size, or 1:1, on the capture medium. Since the image is life-size on the negative, when enlarged the photo shows much greater detail than is typically seen. Macro photos typically have very shallow depth of field, since the focussing is so close. In the flower example you can see the pistels quite large with the background quite blurred. Other typical subjects include coins, stamps, jewelry, and other small objects.