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Message:: [QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2027081, member: 27832"]I came to say what [USER=42789]@drathbun[/USER] posted. The shallow depth-of-field is really hard to avoid in macrophotography. The only ways I know of to avoid it: 1) Stop down your lens, like [USER=42789]@drathbun[/USER] said. You'll get more depth of field, but you'll need to use longer exposures or more light, and you'll lose resolution if you stop down too far (because diffraction effects will blur the fine details). 2) Use a camera with a smaller sensor. I never have managed to get my head around this enough to give a clear explanation, but a smaller sensor will give you greater depth of field. That's why smartphones sometimes work better than DSLRs for close-up imaging. 3) Use "image stacking", where you take a series of photos with the focus set differently for each one, then merge them together, keeping the sharpest parts of each photo. This requires a good bit of technical skill, and it's easier with special software.[/QUOTE]