Close Up Things

jeffashman · Jun 19, 2022

Hemmed and hawed about whether to put these in the macro forum or here, given that I used the Sigma 105mm macro lens, but I decided on general. I also used the Sigma x1.4 extender.

1 Guinea Paper Wasp

jun19202201 by Jeff Ashman, on Flickr

2 Leaf-hopper Assassin Bug

jun19202203 by Jeff Ashman, on Flickr

3 Indian Blanket flower in my Personal Prairie Patch

jun19202204 by Jeff Ashman, on Flickr

Ever get an assassin bug down your shirt before? Did you know they bite? They hurt like hell and leave a huge welt. I can personally attest to that.

John 2 · Jun 19, 2022

Three nice crisp macro shots.

Space Face · Jun 19, 2022

Nice set. They'd all fall under the Macro umbrella for me.

Jeff15 · Jun 19, 2022

Very good close ups.....

jeffashman · Jun 19, 2022

John 2 said:
Three nice crisp macro shots.

Thank you!

Space Face said:
Nice set. They'd all fall under the Macro umbrella for me.

Thank you!

Jeff15 said:
Very good close ups.....

Thank you!

slat · Jun 19, 2022

Nice set.

K9Kirk · Jun 20, 2022

Nice set, Jeff. If I don't zoom in super close like you would expect to see with a macro lens, I'll put them here or in "Nature & Wildlife."

jeffashman · Jun 20, 2022

slat said:
Nice set.

Thanks!

K9Kirk said:
Nice set, Jeff. If I don't zoom in super close like you would expect to see with a macro lens, I'll put them here or in "Nature & Wildlife."

Thanks! Yep, it's a tough call between what is a macro and what is a close-up taken with a macro lens.

K9Kirk · Jun 20, 2022

jeffashman said:
Thanks!

Thanks! Yep, it's a tough call between what is a macro and what is a close-up taken with a macro lens.

If it looks close to what my nifty fifty will produce, I treat it as a close-up.

petrochemist · Jun 20, 2022

jeffashman said:
Thanks!

Thanks! Yep, it's a tough call between what is a macro and what is a close-up taken with a macro lens.

I don't think 'taken with a macro lens' has any significance on if its a macro shot or not.
I've taken shots at 6 times life size with ordinary lenses (definitely macro, even if not much good) yet none of my 'macro' lenses reach lifesize unaided the primes typically reaching half life size (so don't meet the usual 1:1 definition of macro).

All the shots are excellent, certainly good enough to be grouped with macro in most places even if they aren't lifesize. I personally would also put shots like these here or in Nature & Wildlife. Then any debate on what constitutes macro is irrelevant.

FWIWI know of one group that is extremely fussy about their definition of macro - if a subject is more than 36mm across it will be rejected.

otherprof · Jun 20, 2022

jeffashman said:
Hemmed and hawed about whether to put these in the macro forum or here, given that I used the Sigma 105mm macro lens, but I decided on general. I also used the Sigma x1.4 extender.

1 Guinea Paper Wasp
jun19202201 by Jeff Ashman, on Flickr

2 Leaf-hopper Assassin Bug
jun19202203 by Jeff Ashman, on Flickr

3 Indian Blanket flower in my Personal Prairie Patch
jun19202204 by Jeff Ashman, on Flickr

Ever get an assassin bug down your shirt before? Did you know they bite? They hurt like hell and leave a huge welt. I can personally attest to that.

Great set!

jeffashman · Jun 20, 2022

petrochemist said:
I don't think 'taken with a macro lens' has any significance on if its a macro shot or not.
I've taken shots at 6 times life size with ordinary lenses (definitely macro, even if not much good) yet none of my 'macro' lenses reach lifesize unaided the primes typically reaching half life size (so don't meet the usual 1:1 definition of macro).

All the shots are excellent, certainly good enough to be grouped with macro in most places even if they aren't lifesize. I personally would also put shots like these here or in Nature & Wildlife. Then any debate on what constitutes macro is irrelevant.

FWIWI know of one group that is extremely fussy about their definition of macro - if a subject is more than 36mm across it will be rejected.

Thanks! The Sigma 105mm does 1:1 and my Tamron 18-400mm, while not an official macro lens, comes pretty close (400mm at 8 inches range is nothing to sneeze at) to what the Sigma produces. In any case, I agree that general or nature & wildlife is good in most cases, because those can encompass a macro shot.