Weekend Macros

[suprspi]

I took a bunch of pictures this weekend when my wife and I took the kids to see my mom. Taking the kids fishing on Saturday we found a field of wildflowers and I took a bunch of macros. Here are my favourites.

Also - the last picture is a nighttime macro I did in my Mom's garden. It was tricky. I've posted it to the critique thread as well, as it's probably my favourite photo I took this weekend.

I tried posting this thread earlier, but it failed. If this duplicates, I'm sorry!

The bee flew out of my DOF a little bit, otherwise, this one was fun.






And the nighttime one.


Plenty more are available in my flickr feed, if anyone is interested.

[harrysixtie7]

They arn't "Macros" at all, but the 2nd one is very interersting

[suprspi]

Thanks for the compliment. I like that one as well, can't remember what kind of plant it is, but the close-up looked neat.

I guess I'm using a more modern definition of macro photography (and also, not as accurate), because according to wikipedia;

"In recent years, the term macro has been used in marketing material to mean being able to focus on a subject close enough so that when a regular 6×4 inch (15×10 cm) print is made, the image is life-size or larger."

Although, looking at the standard definition:

"The classical definition is that the image projected on the "film plane" (i.e., film or a digital sensor) is close to the same size as the subject. On 35 mm film (for example), the lens is typically optimized to focus sharply on a small area approaching the size of the film frame."

How do I tell? I'm missing something from this definition....the image projected on the film plane (digital sensor in my camera) is close to the same size as the subject. Well, how do I tell is the image is close to the same size as the subject?

I know the macro option on most P&S digital cameras is sort of equivilent of opening the aperature (smaller f-stop right?) to induce shallower DOF and make a subject appear larger. But other than that, and with a P&S, not a DSLR, how do you know when you've hit that magical point that the magnification is 1:1?

[redcoldfire]

Not sure if it is macro either. But! i do like them ecspecially the second, it really caught my eye.

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