Assign #12: Macro

Nikon Fan · Jul 11, 2005

The assignment for this week is Macro If you don't have macro capabilities try and do the best you can with the equipment you have. As always a new assignment will be posted next monday, and try to go and take new shots rather than posting old ones

Eric. · Jul 11, 2005

Meysha · Jul 12, 2005

Eric that's awesome! It looks like a painting almost!

*sob* I can't take macros. *sob* I'll have to wait till next week. Good luck everyone!

DarkEyes · Jul 13, 2005

Heres my contibution. My camera isn't well suited to macro, but it is [just] capable of producing reasonable images at a greater than 1:1 Ratio.

LaFoto · Jul 13, 2005

This is as "macro" as I can go with my little compact digital camera.
The yellow on top of each pistil measures 1mm, so the fly is only 2mm in size.
I am not unhappy with the result.
The entire flower is 3,5 cm in diametre (would that be an inch and a half?)

ferny · Jul 13, 2005

Meysha said:
Eric that's awesome! It looks like a painting almost!

*sob* I can't take macros. *sob* I'll have to wait till next week. Good luck everyone!

You camera hasn't got a macro mode? That's strange. You can always get creative with magnifying glasses as well.

LaFoto · Jul 13, 2005

I happened over this one upon working in the garden, so here you go (and it could enter in the theme "Green" and also "Creepy Crawlies")

Big Mike · Jul 13, 2005

OK...enough of this "close-up" stuff....lets get some "MACRO" shots in here :wink:

cactus waltz · Jul 13, 2005

LaFoto · Jul 13, 2005

So? Big Mike?
What IS it????
(And yes, I am aware of the fact that "close-up-stuff" is all I can manage...)

thebeginning · Jul 13, 2005

fried. chicken.

Big Mike · Jul 13, 2005

LaFoto said:
So? Big Mike?
What IS it????
(And yes, I am aware of the fact that "close-up-stuff" is all I can manage...)

Well you are going to have to take a few guesses before I give it up... :wink:

And it's not fried Chicken

LaFoto · Jul 13, 2005

Well, my first assumption was "Your Breakfast Cereal", but I have come off that thought fairly soon.

But is this the Super Macro Guessing Game or the Assignment, hm?
Spill it, Big Mike. It looks - sticky.

Big Mike · Jul 13, 2005

OK, OK... :lol

It's just a slice of bread, 60% whole wheat to be precise.

I reversed a 50mm lens on to my 18-50mm lens and this is about a 50% crop of that (to get rid of the vignetting). Lighting was from the side with a halogen work light.

LaFoto · Jul 13, 2005

BREAD!
Oh!
I would not have guessed that - ever!
But now that you're telling us.......... well. Bread. Cool one! Beats all our other attempts, of course...