Any great tips for Canon T3I with 100mm Macro len?

[150er]

Any great tips to take macro picture with Canon T3I with 100 mm Macro Lens?
TIA.

 

[kuyatwo]

Use tripod.

Shoot in manual focus.

Use live view press + to do x10 and manual focus till coral polyps are clear

Shoot with no background lights on sunlight or room lights

Use a remote or timer after picture is in focus

Shoot straight on as possible never at an angle as it distorts the pic they more extreme the angle


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[gar732]

^+1 and also shut off your powerheads.

 

[swannyson7]

Very good info from the above posters. You should also set a custom white balance unless you're shooting in RAW and post-processing. Here's a few useful links for shooting great pics:
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/photography-forum/7776-how-take-pictures-your-corals-camera.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/photography-forum/11713-depth-field-dof.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/photography-forum/11710-what-iso-noise.html
And if you plan on post processing....
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/photography-forum/14327-post-processing-how.html