Macro photography

[Uofmtiger]

Here are a few of mine:

 

[lpolarityl]

Here was one of my first pics with my Nikon D40 w/ kit lens that I took 4-5 years ago.

It's a small 2-2.5 inch flower that was clipped up so I could stage the shot.
It's not all in focus, but the D40's 18-55mm kit lens isn't exactly meant for macros either.

 

[jaydub]

Not really a macro, but here's a close-up I took at the botanical gardens at the Bellagio.

 

[product26]

Some nice shots! Glad I posted.

 

[product26]

 

[gloss]

Only real thread that I could find with MACRO in the title... so im ressurrecting it!

here is a pic of my G/F's cat's eye. I actually focused on the rear of the inside of the eyeball. you can see the tissue's texture inside. see the 100% crop from the middle of the eye.

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That is stunning.

 

[babybanana]

 

[walterwhite]

Check out : http://www.macrophotographer.net/pages/definition_of_terms.html

This type of photography was part what I studied at RIT... Biomedical Photography -

Also - Micro is really photomicrography and is a camera on a microscope taking photos at a higher "mag" than say 10X

i dont know the real answer off hand, but from what i know about photography, i believe the reason its called macro photography, is because the focusing element of the lens is farthest away from the focal plane when shooting super close-up objects, (hence the use of extension tubes to achieve even closer images, moving the focusing element even farther away from the focal plane). This may be why its called macro photography instead of micro.

Can anyone confirm this?

 

[Designer Dale]

Macro generally refers to large, so it is easily misunderstood when applied to photos of small things. You have to think in relative terms here. The subject fills the frame and covers a large portion of the sensor. In that regard, it's macro photography. My first question to myself is "Now why isn't a portrait called a macro, too?" Having actually read my own link, I think I understand that better. The ratio of subject magnification in a macro is large, considering that 1-1 is larger that 1-10 (10-1?). A 12mm insect covers 12mm of sensor area. A 3 foot portrait would require 3 feet of sensor space to be 1-1.
Please correct me...

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Dale