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In macro, working distance and depth-of-field are two of your greatest challenges. DOF is critical for capturing an object like a flower that has great depth. Working distance is an absolute must when doing macro work with insects; it also helps ease lighting issues.

 

These are competing aspects of macro photography; given the same aperture, you have to sacrifice DOF to get working distance. An opposing consideration: with the narrower DOF provided by longer lenses, your background is easier to defocus.

 

Software now exists to composite multiple images with differing focal points into one image with a greater DOF. The example I can think of off-hand is Helicon Focus.<div></div>