iPhone 13 Pro Share Your Best Macro Photography Shots

[iRun26.2]

When you say ”it’s kind of deceiving” what is the ‘it‘ you’re referring to?

I didn’t think that the 3x does anything for the macro photography shots but digital zoom. On mine, 3x is fuzzy when I zoom in.

 

[VSMacOne]

Khakis look pretty dope in macro 😧 …

 

[rhx]

The macro photos really shine when there’s good lighting.

Here are some shots I’ve taken so far.

 

[iRun26.2]

The macro photos really shine when there’s good lighting.

Here are some shots I’ve taken so far.

Those really are nice pictures!

I agree with the need for good lighting. The macro shots don’t go well with poor lighting.

 

[tomtattoo]

And another one:

 

[richard371]

 

[rhyzome]

I used focus stacking app on the phone to take 50 images each and then an app on my MacBook to combine them. Btw: the bee was a dead one I found on a walk so it was easy to pose it in the flower.
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You are skilled

 

[bigup]

Im no photographer expert but here is a macro pic of my wallet, pretty insane

 

[Madmischief]

I like these two from a walk yesterday … not super close in, but the berries were quite small!

 

[LD Curb]

Sure thing!


1. ⁠Need a tripod that can hold your camera (or phone in my case).
2. ⁠For macro photos you need a macro lens. I use an expensive (but well worth it in my opinion) from Moment or the new iphone.
3. ⁠You need a wind free/vibration free place to put the gear because you will be taking many images of the subject at different focal lengths.
4. ⁠I use CameraPixels on my phone and with it I manually focus out so the first of the trichomes are just in focus.
5. ⁠I then scroll through to the other end of manual focus to see all of the image that will be in focus at the end of the next step. I want to see over the full focal length of my camera how much of the image I will capture in full focus. Hope that makes sense.
6. ⁠Set the app up to use the Focus Stacking mode and I choose around 25-50 images to take.
7. ⁠Once I press the shutter button on the app, it takes 25-50 images at different focal lengths, from one extreme to the other, and saves them to my phone.
8. ⁠I move the images to my laptop where I use HeliconFocus app to combine all images and create one with much more depth and focus than I could get with one iPhone image.

Let me know if you have any other questions!

If you use a DSLR and a macro lens, your images will be much, much more amazing. This is a more affordable way to get great images.

Did you use the iPhone 13 Pro ? It has a macro lens built in. Are you saying that an additional macro lens is also needed?

 

[johnnylarue]

I didn’t think that the 3x does anything for the macro photography shots but digital zoom. On mine, 3x is fuzzy when I zoom in.

That’s right. The optical zoom (3X) is only on the Tele lens, while Macro is a function of the UltraWide (0.5X) lens. Different functions for different lenses.

 

[DaffiDuck]

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Damm the hairs on your arm look amazing you should do it close up with macro mode !!!! would be good to see

 

[Rocko99991]

 

[redknapp11]

a walk in my garden to test the macro mode. mind blown!

 

[Rogo117]

 

[iRun26.2]

That’s right. The optical zoom (3X) is only on the Tele lens, while Macro is a function of the UltraWide (0.5X) lens. Different functions for different lenses.

Yet the choice is still there for a 3x zoom when you are in macro mode. That’s why I said it’s kind of deceiving.

 

[pauline251]

 

[iRun26.2]

Shown above is the picture apple uses on the iPhone 13 Pro promotional site when they are talking about the new macro photography technology. I’m not that impressed with their picture. Many of you have shown better shots than that!

 

[Meatball_Jones]

Did you use the iPhone 13 Pro ? It has a macro lens built in. Are you saying that an additional macro lens is also needed?

I used my iPhone X with an added lens but if you have a 13 you don’t need the lens.

 

[iRun26.2]

I used my iPhone X with an added lens but if you have a 13 you don’t need the lens.

Well that’s good. I was afraid you were adding an extra lens to you iPhone (in which it would be cheating (at least as far as what we are looking at).

 

[TroyBoy30]

 

[JamesK1975]

 

[Claudia P]

I picked up my 13 Pro on Saturday and this was one of the first photos I took.
It is the blossom of a hydroponic mini sweet pepper.

 

[LD Curb]

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Beautiful shot!

 

[bbfc]

My first attempt. Some fungus (?) on top of a concrete post.