This article is part of our roundup of iPhone camera lenses.
I like bees. Very much. And macro photos of bees? They send me over the (magnified) moon. Photos taken with so-called macro lenses let you maintain focus at very, very close range, typically with an associated shallow depth of field. This can let you grab fascinating pictures of bugs, flowers, and plants, as well as capture beautiful textures on fabrics, handmade objects, and consumer products.
A macro lens, by definition, can capture objects that are visible to the naked eye at least at a 1:1 ratio to its sensor size, compared to dozens or thousands of times larger with wide-angle through telephoto lenses. (This is distinct from photomicrographs, which capture objects typically invisible without magnification.)
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