macro mode

Extreme detail setting

Macro mode is a camera setting for photographing subjects at very close range—flowers, insects, text, small objects.

The mode adjusts focus to work at distances where normal settings would blur: Switch to macro mode to get that shot of the bee on the flower.

The flower icon on cameras typically indicates macro mode.

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detail · tiny · miniature · flower · insect · dew · texture · sharpness · aperture · depth · working distance · camera · zoom · specimen · petal · dewdrop · trichome · eye

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Opposites
subject distance/scale

macro modelandscape mode

Wider-than-tall display setting

panorama mode · landscape photography · standard mode · portrait mode · sports mode

detail focus vs. broad context

macro modewide shot

Full-scene camera framing

establishing shot · landscape photography · aerial photography

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