Macro Photography: Almost Cheating
- November 4th, 2010
- Posted in Macro Shots
- By WoodJr
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I have a lovely, fantastic macro lens for my camera. While it’s not something that I use in most situations, and I certainly don’t carry it around with me backpacking, when I do want to get really close to something I can.
It’s so awesome that it sometimes feels like cheating.
It seems like if you get close enough to almost anything, the photo is automatically interesting. I was testing this theory a while back with a needle and thread. With the lens just a few centimeters from the subject the thread looked almost like some kind of nylon rope, with tiny wisps of smaller threads extending out from it. The tiny needle hole that I spent so long trying to thread was a massive gaping chasm.
The real question here is why the heck don’t I take a lot more macro shots? They’re big fun.
I love my macro lens, but I often have issues with the narrow depth of field. If, for example, I’m taking a picture of a praying mantis, I have to make sure the mantis is parallel to the lens to get the entire insect in focus. Otherwise I have the head and front legs in focus but the back half of the insect is greatly out of focus, which sometimes looks good but it’s not always what I want.
Hello :)
I was going to comment on you WHU blog but remembered you wanted some comments in here ^^
I find this page very, really very interesting. It combines a hobby of mine with Frastheim’s meticulous way of explaining things and it is very enjoyable.
You’re right, Macro lens are quite something.
I lack a fancy equipement but I do enjoy snapping around a lot. The inconvience being I often find myself poundering over a picture, trying to imagine what it would have looked like if taken by a proper camera :)
Anyways, I am just very thankful that one day, chance brought me to the “I’m a hunter” song. I would have missed on a lot.
Really, thank you for all your work :)
a French fan
What a great shot! Love the idea of taking such a mundane subject and making it art.
You should sell prints… maybe you do? (*runs off to check sidebar*)
I do not — I suppose I should look into that. I’m sure there’s automatic online things somewhere to do that if I look hard enough.