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So I've been messing around with a macro lens for a bit, I'd really appreciate a critique if you don't mind hey .______.

ps- all pictures of bell peppers slices



peppers were on top of a light table but it drives me batty that it's all yellow brown and gross

I totally know what you mean I feel like everyone and their mother takes pictures of close all the time. I'm annoyed with the lens though because although you're waaay up close which is neat you have so little depth of field

what aperture are you shooting at?

usually, if you're doing macro photography the idea would be to focus on a particularly interesting part of the subject, since basically what you're doing with an ultra shallow depth of field is creating emphasis.

You've chosen the most boring part. I don't really feel like there's anything to these images aside from their being macros. Having them more or les in focus wouldn't do much for me, since they don't really have a focal point to begin with.

Honestly, you might benefit from simply going online and looking at a bunch of macro photography and still lifes