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Ahhhhhh....sorry geezer!!!! That'll be total martian to you then :)
Things to try will be:
- Landscape Mode (or equiv): should close the aperture down for you and give you more depth of field (use timer or rest on a surface)
- Macro Mode: for close ups....try turning the flash off for macro and have it rested again
- Black background
- Try experimenting with lighting - with and without flash. Move a light (ideally blue spectrum, like a 125w CFL if you have one) around the plant....behind, sides, above, below, to see what effects there are and which shadowing you prefer (you can remove shadows altogether with 2 lights and clever positioning)
- Turn the ISO down to 100 manually if you can - you'll won't be able to hand hold it, but you'll get much less grainy and higher quality photos
Most of all....just play with everything....ultimately there are no real rules, just guidelines and good practices....shoot first, think later....then analyse...then think and then shoot... :)
Things to try will be:
- Landscape Mode (or equiv): should close the aperture down for you and give you more depth of field (use timer or rest on a surface)
- Macro Mode: for close ups....try turning the flash off for macro and have it rested again
- Black background
- Try experimenting with lighting - with and without flash. Move a light (ideally blue spectrum, like a 125w CFL if you have one) around the plant....behind, sides, above, below, to see what effects there are and which shadowing you prefer (you can remove shadows altogether with 2 lights and clever positioning)
- Turn the ISO down to 100 manually if you can - you'll won't be able to hand hold it, but you'll get much less grainy and higher quality photos
Most of all....just play with everything....ultimately there are no real rules, just guidelines and good practices....shoot first, think later....then analyse...then think and then shoot... :)