This camera gear was never intended for panoramas – yet you can still shoot a macro panorama with it, and here's how

Close-up of delicate white and bluebell flowers with green stems against a blurred natural background.

Macro photography is recognizable by its characteristic shallow depth of field and tight framing. In the majority of close-up images, a single subject is isolated in the frame, with a sharp falloff in focus in front of and behind the subject.

This type of composition is fantastic for highlighting details and creating a bug’s-eye perspective. However, there are disadvantages to the macro point of view, namely a removal of context – a limit to situational coverage.