Most cameras, whether digital or film, have a mark of tulip flower on it. I don't know who decided that it is the mark of close-up mode. When we choose the tulip mark and take a picture, the focus is set to very near and we can get a close-up photo. In the mode, the depth of field is set to very shallow and we can get a blurry background image. By using close focus and blurry background, we can sometimes get unexpected, vivid, close-up pictures. This picture of a fern I took in the Stanley Park while cycling. It was just a fern but by only closing up to it, I could get this beautiful image. Of course I have no special macro lenses or lighting system. I used just a compact digital camera with macro mode. Anyway, there are a lot of people around me who don't know what the tulip mark on their cameras is. One of my friends, who have a very good digital camera, believed that she can take a vivid picture with the tulip mark on and she always took picture with the tulip mark. Of course her pictures were always out of focus.
Most cameras, whether digital or film, have a symbol of a tulip flower on them. I don't know who decided that it is the symbol for the close-up mode. When we choose the tulip symbol and take a picture, the focus is set to very near and we can get a close-up photo. In this mode, the depth of field is set to very shallow and we can get a blurry background image. By using a close focus and a blurry background, we can sometimes get unexpected, vivid, close-up pictures. I took this picture of a fern in Stanley Park while cycling. It was just a fern but by only getting close up to it, I could get this beautiful shot. Of course I have no special macro lense or lighting system. I just used a compact digital camera in the macro mode. Anyway, there are a lot of people around me who don't know what the tulip symbol on their camera means. One of my friends, who has a very good digital camera, believed that she could take a vivid picture with the tulip symbol on, and she always took pictures with the tulip symbol. Of course her pictures were always out of focus.
Posted by: Corrector | November 03, 2005 at 02:02 AM