Q about 'macro' camera settings

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Dwight Gruber

So you are shooting in RAW?

--Dwight

No, I meant unaltered, as it comes out off the memory card.

Originally Posted by DonVoigt

You can reduce the size by setting the camera so, would save an extra step.

Also do try the grey background, it does wonders; and a smooth
background will be less visible than a towel. JMHO.

The extra step allows me to crop the pics before shrinking them, or adding other smaller pics to the large one, like below. It's a lot easier to juggle the pics around while it's big and then crop it. (At least it's easier for me).

I don't know where to find a large gray sheet of anything, but I'll look.