Macro Photography

[Perth4life3]

post ure macro pictures here
i took this today in the car, using super macro mode on my olympus C-310
http://img152.exs.cx/img152/3324/p10100044tp.jpg

[idvd_]

http://www.wiesbaden-team.de/Restum%20S2/photos/196.jpg

[CborG]

http://img147.exs.cx/img147/4518/pc2600073ke.jpg
:D

[gothicform]

suck on this then :) -
http://www.skyscrapernews.com/portfolio/BeeI_samall-01.jpg

[Perth4life3]

http://img149.exs.cx/img149/7739/pc2600341gb.jpg
Pepper shaker, i think we should have a macro photo contest.

[Perth4life3]

i stole individue 's idea
taken just then
http://img149.exs.cx/img149/6937/pc2600326fq.jpg
http://img149.exs.cx/img149/7061/pc2600367km.jpg
that second picture didnt turn out the best.

[Cliff]

Here are some(most actually) of mine, I made the whole lump into one pic for convinience:D

The first few are just to display the abilities of the cam, so may be alittle diturbing ;)
http://img158.exs.cx/img158/8058/macro4jk.jpg

[Perth4life3]

lol i use that calculator at school.

[bb78]

Cliff: Great photos! :eek:

Here are some of mine, taken few months ago in Poznan Botanical Garden. Olympus C750UZ.

http://www.fdi.i5.pl/bb78/ob/ob03.jpg

http://www.fdi.i5.pl/bb78/ob/ob13.jpg

http://www.fdi.i5.pl/bb78/ob/ob15.jpg

[Perth4life3]

http://img94.exs.cx/img94/8633/pc2600383jv.jpg
http://img94.exs.cx/img94/4545/pc2600400mr.jpg
http://img94.exs.cx/img94/6760/pc2600416zt.jpg

[idvd_]

lol@perth :)

my older macro picture, it is not "real" macro but..

http://www.wiesbaden-team.de/pics/rose.jpg

and an image i took before 5 min

http://www.wiesbaden-team.de/Restum%20S3/12.jpg

[Perth4life3]

taken about 20 mins ago
http://img24.exs.cx/img24/4056/pc2700420ha.jpg
http://img24.exs.cx/img24/524/pc2700452rf.jpg

[Perth4life3]

http://img83.exs.cx/img83/65/pc2700498ud.jpg
my dogs paw.

[Perth4life3]

got some more commen at ya
http://img153.exs.cx/img153/1499/pc2700328ol.jpg
http://img153.exs.cx/img153/7049/pc2700315xd.jpg
raaaaaiiid.

[sh0rti]

post ure macro pictures here
i took this today in the car, using super macro mode on my olympus C-310
http://img152.exs.cx/img152/3324/p10100044tp.jpg

Did you use flash?

[sh0rti]

I'm a photographer noob, Please go easy on me, this is my 1st day at this forum, I registered here because I wanted to know more about photographing and how to take better pictures x)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v69/shorti/IMG_1097.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v69/shorti/IMG_1099.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v69/shorti/IMG_1101.jpg

I have one more question, I have a Canon S500 and I've just taken these pictures with the auto dial(non-flash/macro), would there be any difference if I had taken them with the manual dial?

[Sen]

wow great pics...especially cliff's

can anyone tell me more about this "macro mode"? because my camera doesnt seem to have this function.

or do you have to use special lens?

[Perth4life3]

Did you use flash?
nope, it was taken in the morning and the sun was shinning on it, u cant use flash in super macro on my cam, i can only use flash in macro mode.

[Perth4life3]

http://img71.exs.cx/img71/700/pc2800337nj.jpg

[Cliff]

wow great pics...especially cliff's

can anyone tell me more about this "macro mode"? because my camera doesnt seem to have this function.

or do you have to use special lens?

Thanks Sen and bb78!:D
Usually, maco mode is a picture of a tulip thingy for Olympus and cannon, its just a button you press on better cams that allows you to take closeup pics without the blur. You don't need special lenses, (I don't have any to start with) just a tripod or a stable hand, but I'm no profssional, just passing tips I got from other forumers.:)

[Perth4life3]

do you use a tripod cliff? i dont use mine that often and havnt used it for macro.

[Cliff]

No, I don't, but I guess the theory of using tripods for macro is widespread enough to just tell other people for the sake of it.:D

[Perth4life3]

btw > visit my galleries http://www.pbase.com/perth4life/root

[CborG]

Here are some more macropics by me.

http://img25.exs.cx/img25/6202/pc2600065hm.jpg

My Cellphone:

http://img25.exs.cx/img25/8886/pc2600199hz.jpg

Tip of a sigaret:

http://img25.exs.cx/img25/1228/pc2700034er.jpg

Our Housephone:

http://img25.exs.cx/img25/8266/pc2700102kz.jpg

http://img99.exs.cx/img99/5304/pc2700053ln.jpg

Some coins:

http://img25.exs.cx/img25/6498/pc2700166se.jpg

A book:

http://img99.exs.cx/img99/6673/pc2700020jm.jpg

[Perth4life3]

like ures,, cborg but they are just a tad to grainy :)

[CborG]

I think it is because i use too much sharpness, but it's exactly the same cam as yours, Perth (olympus C-310)

[Perth4life3]

oh, lol, well maybe mines more specialer than ures ! just kidding.
do you adjust the focus? when u hold the shutter button slighting down to change the focus subject?

lol everyone has that imageshack free hosting signature.

[CborG]

do you adjust the focus? when u hold the shutter button slighting down to change the focus subject?


Yep:)

[Perth4life3]

i dunno why that happend? because i just was using the cam at night with the light on and it wasnt grainy when i was that close to my phone?

[ahsm]

Guys, is there some sort of secret the macro shots? I just put my Canon PowerShot A75 into Auto mode and press that little Flower icon which is the macro thing. Btw, is my camera good?

[sh0rti]

nope, it was taken in the morning and the sun was shinning on it, u cant use flash in super macro on my cam, i can only use flash in macro mode.

super macro mode? mm.. does powershot s500 have that? I don't thikn so =/

btw. I just made some food and have taken a picture of it, enjoy =P

http://webpages.charter.net/shortix925/macro1.JPG

[Perth4life3]

lol @ shorti ^

[Sen]

thanks cliff for explainin that to me...

actually my camera does have macro mode...but i suppose it's not as great as yours...the minimum distance it allowed is 10 cm.....

[Perth4life3]

thats a shame, mines 2cm.

[caw123]

This
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/490p10100832.jpg

Is my best macro shot.

[Perth4life3]

nice caw!

[Perth4life3]

http://img150.exs.cx/img150/6986/pc270037a3xd.jpg
The Art of Macro

[PB]

Super thread :okay:


my pics

http://www.fdi.i5.pl/pb/macro/2004_0906Image0011.JPG

http://www.fdi.i5.pl/pb/macro/2004_0906Image0013.JPG

http://www.fdi.i5.pl/pb/macro/2004_0906Image0014.JPG

[Perth4life3]

strange flower that last one, nice!

[bb78]

My PC:

CPU:
http://www.fdi.i5.pl/bb78/makro/athlon.jpg

Keyboard:
http://www.fdi.i5.pl/bb78/makro/keys.jpg

Memory:
http://www.fdi.i5.pl/bb78/makro/mem.jpg

MoBo:
http://www.fdi.i5.pl/bb78/makro/mobo.jpg

NIC:
http://www.fdi.i5.pl/bb78/makro/nic.jpg

[Perth4life3]

http://img160.exs.cx/img160/2347/theglasswater8hk.jpg

[Cliff]

nice one!

Here's a tiny insect:
http://img150.exs.cx/img150/9530/insect1yx.jpg

[Perth4life3]

i hate u soo much!

[HelsQ]

http://img104.exs.cx/img104/2104/p6220309d5vo.jpg

[Perth4life3]

wow, shit nice work!

[Perth4life3]

http://img143.exs.cx/img143/4246/zooomzoomzoombw4se.jpg

http://img103.exs.cx/img103/1778/zooomzoomzoom9lh.jpg

[OlekD]

http://plfoto.com/zdjecia/434865.jpg

http://plfoto.com/zdjecia/440023.jpg

[Perth4life3]

wow the first picture is very artistic and the second is awesome!

[OlekD]

wow the first picture is very artistic and the second is awesome!

thanks!!!
First shows 1 grosz, which is the smallest monetary unit in Poland(sth like cent)

[ahsm]

Someone tell me how you make macro shots, all I do is press macro button, zoom in, and see if its focused, and then take the photo...am I doing anything wrong?

[Perth4life3]

not sure, i dont usually use macro mode i use super macro, < i think only olympus's have super macro.

[MILIUX]

http://img104.exs.cx/img104/2104/p6220309d5vo.jpg

Ya DOF is very hollow.

[Roman_Bratny]

My photos made on C-310,

click to enclarge:

http://img133.exs.cx/img133/1820/P8070089.th.jpg (http://img133.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img133&image=P8070089.jpg)http://img133.exs.cx/img133/976/P8080011.th.jpg (http://img133.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img133&image=P8080011.jpg)http://img133.exs.cx/img133/2255/P8080019.th.jpg (http://img133.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img133&image=P8080019.jpg)
http://img133.exs.cx/img133/3170/P8080015.th.jpg (http://img133.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img133&image=P8080015.jpg)http://img133.exs.cx/img133/4007/P8080009.th.jpg (http://img133.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img133&image=P8080009.jpg)http://img133.exs.cx/img133/9761/P8080030.th.jpg (http://img133.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img133&image=P8080030.jpg)
http://img133.exs.cx/img133/379/P9260041.th.jpg (http://img133.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img133&image=P9260041.jpg)http://img133.exs.cx/img133/5139/P9060014.th.jpg (http://img133.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img133&image=P9060014.jpg)http://img133.exs.cx/img133/3826/P8080029.th.jpg (http://img133.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img133&image=P8080029.jpg)

[Perth4life3]

nice to see some other people using the C-310 aswell ^
roman, dont you know how to reduce image sizes?

[Roman_Bratny]

mhm, I don't understand. I think you want to reduce my photos on ImageShack to your screen size. Haven't you automatic adjust? :)

less pixels:
http://img95.exs.cx/img95/5726/P1030015d.th.jpg (http://img95.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img95&image=P1030015d.jpg)

I prefer macro photos in high quality - 2048/1536

[Perth4life3]

i meant, it looks better reduced :D

[Perth4life3]

wow at that last pic!

[SUNNI]

http://img158.exs.cx/img158/8499/dsc015232it.jpg
earbuds

http://img158.exs.cx/img158/4162/dsc016471rv.jpg
mp3 player

http://img158.exs.cx/img158/1033/dsc016515jw.jpg
sunglass (badly scratched....:( (didnt realise)

[SUNNI]

http://img158.exs.cx/img158/3074/dsc016521vh.jpg

[SUNNI]

wanted to post a 5mp pic,,,but it exceeded the imageshack limit...:( so i resized this one to 1mp

http://img158.exs.cx/img158/4589/dsc017028rf.jpg

its a keyboard,,,,gee i shook too much ,,,:(

[Perth4life3]

keyboard?? if so nice.!

[SUNNI]

thank you,,,,key board of my laptop

[Daccis]

Check out this page :crazy: :
http://koti.mbnet.fi/dredge/macro/

[SUNNI]

wow some amazing pics there Daccis:)

[Don Pacho]

Here are my macro pics :)

These are flowers from La Mesa de los Santos located at the eastern mountains of Colombia in South America :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/donpacho/FloresColombianas023s.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/donpacho/FloresColombianas021s.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/donpacho/FloresColombianas018s.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/donpacho/FloresColombianas014s.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/donpacho/FloresColombianas015s.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/donpacho/FloresColombianas012s.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/donpacho/FloresColombianas009s.jpg

[Perth4life3]

wow man!! love the last one, what is that green thing? cactus?

[Rainier Meadows]

http://img96.exs.cx/img96/44/apple1.2345678901235E+24.jpg
www.imageshack.com

[Don Pacho]

wow man!! love the last one, what is that green thing? cactus?

It's flower that looks like a cactus. The leaves are a lot lighter. :)

[SUNNI]

very nice;)

[PornStar]

oh wow guys, some very cool pix here!
I'll try to contribute to this thread myself soon :)

[Edd]

http://img146.exs.cx/img146/8931/untitled39xt.jpg

[Cliff]

^nice pixels!:D
I got the candle idea from RM:)
http://img195.exs.cx/img195/9898/candle9up.jpg

[Don Pacho]

cool shot!! :cheers:

[Perth4life3]

crazy candle cliffy.

[Perth4life3]

hey, im in edd's photo!

[SUNNI]

cliff photo is amazin!~~~ :D

[CborG]

My cats nose:):

http://img177.exs.cx/img177/6118/p12200524uw.jpg

[SUNNI]

im scared of cats :D

[PornStar]

ok, so here's my contribution so far:

my watch
http://mapage.noos.fr/GTC/MACRO/IMG_9776A.jpg

bugs' life
http://mapage.noos.fr/GTC/MACRO/IMG_4610.jpg

"touch-screen" of my mw oven
http://mapage.noos.fr/GTC/MACRO/IMG_9721.jpg

[Burislav]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/mesofius/konek.jpg

[SUNNI]

^^PornStar i love your watch ;)
^pan, how u take that??

[Burislav]

In water ;)

[mlm]

Some very nice photos here:)

I haven't been shooting much macro myself, but it's surely funny so I gotta try again soon. Here's one of the few:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/macro/1.jpg

[Ellatur]

Here are some(most actually) of mine, I made the whole lump into one pic for convinience:D

The first few are just to display the abilities of the cam, so may be alittle diturbing ;)
http://img158.exs.cx/img158/8058/macro4jk.jpg
green ants.. interesting

http://img147.exs.cx/img147/4518/pc2600073ke.jpg
:D

disturbing ;)

[Sikario]

One of my eye too -

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/n.e.bullock/Eye%20colour.jpg

My Cat

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/n.e.bullock/Waffle%20BW.jpg

A flower of some kind

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/n.e.bullock/Purple%20flower.jpg

And a hoverfly

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/n.e.bullock/Hoverfly%20focus.jpg

[ahsm]

Damn, these are some amazing macro shots. I wish I knew how to shoot macro's. Any tips? I have a Canon PowerShot A75.

[Sikario]

I have a Canon Powershot A80 (Hopefully soon I'll have myself a Canon 300D)

Just put it on macro mode (The flower icon) or manually focus it, usually you can get better results if you experiment with the aperture settings as well.

[SanMiguel]

http://micpix.de/gallery/data/media/36/Longevity-HappyLucky-Prosperity.jpg
i bought them on Stanley Market on southside HK-Island

btw! nice pics you have here @ all
esp. that green ant and spider by Cliff

.

[Ellatur]

http://img13.exs.cx/img13/1366/0128lc.jpg
used my friend's cam :)

[eyetoeye]

http://img13.exs.cx/img13/1366/0128lc.jpg
used my friend's cam :)

I like the way snails seem so transparent...

[Ellatur]

i think it is to some extent :)

[redstone]

http://img222.exs.cx/img222/4564/ants8ki.jpg
Ants fighting? :D


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/redstone2/dbee.jpg
Dead bee on wooden window frame.

[Ellatur]

nice pics!

[SaiGoNeseKiD]

Ants fighting?
This is a pic of an ant bringing another wounded one,nice shots!!! :) :cheers:

[Ellatur]

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww! the abdomen looks like its cracked! look at the area between the abdomen and the thorax!

[Cliff]

http://img86.exs.cx/img86/8603/food0zi.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
not so good, hehe

[SanMiguel]

^ but yummie :D

.

[babystan03]

Flowers....:D

http://img212.exs.cx/img212/9492/pic0102810oz.jpg

[Ellatur]

don't their leaves close when you touch them?

[babystan03]

don't their leaves close when you touch them?

Not sure about that.......I wasn't close enough......:D

[Daccis]

RK nr 637749's firing pin's mark :)

A little big but....

http://img102.exs.cx/img102/248/lapua5ua.jpg

[babystan03]

Flowers in the city.......:D

http://img162.exs.cx/img162/3201/pic0138412lu.jpg

[auskariukas]

^^^ cool :)

[doady]

I've been trying macro photography as well. It is VERY hard to get the focus right, from my experience.

http://pro.imagehost.biz/ims/pictes/276902.jpg

http://pro.imagehost.biz/ims/pictes/276903.jpg

http://pro.imagehost.biz/ims/pictes/276900.jpg

http://pro.imagehost.biz/ims/pictes/276904.jpg

[Ellatur]

look like a big urban cities full of tall buildings :)

[redstone]

http://img232.exs.cx/img232/3615/daisymacron2wi.jpg
Testing my digicam's macro....
Here's a daisy... :D

[Ellatur]

look like food in a white dish :colgate:

[furryslippers]

i like the firing pins mark or w/e it is

[babystan03]

Beef bowl and miso soup from Yoshinoya...... :cheers:

http://img113.exs.cx/img113/1638/pic0148316dq.jpg

[redstone]

That's macro?:?

[babystan03]

That's macro?:?

Not sure....but I just put it here to tickle some taste buds......:lol:

[AzN8oi]

Hmm Singaporean Yoshinoyas have smaller regular-sized bowls than in America :)

[Cliff]

OMG, I simply cannot imagine the size of American beef bowls....

[babystan03]

Polka green tea nutrition facts:

http://i145.exs.cx/img145/6199/pic0149219yf.jpg

[Vanquish]

http://img178.exs.cx/img178/8422/cake7sa.th.jpg (http://img178.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img178&image=cake7sa.jpg)

Mango Meringue

[flatiron94]

Here is mine. :) I took it on my kitchen tabble. For the background I used 2
black folders. Hope you like.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/292608586/302226365MmXEwc if you cant see that here is a link.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/292608586/302226365MmXEwc

[redstone]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/redstone/macro/catc4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/redstone/macro/catc5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/redstone/macro/catc2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/redstone/macro/catc6.jpg
My cactus, a 'Moon Cactus'.
It just died a few weeks ago. :(

[babystan03]

Flowers found at Marina South, Singapore....:D

http://img88.exs.cx/img88/7587/pic0148018bh.jpg

[sequoias]

Macro was more challenging on my Olympus Camedia C-765 UZ than my old Sony DSC-S30, I don't know why. Out of many attempts that's the best one I've got, the best sharpness is the priority with some light, too.

http://tinypic.com/2cfpkn

[LondonerUpNorth]

Here's a picture of my electic shaver's blades I took a while ago with my Fuji S5000. The colours were modified in the gimp.
The blurryness is meant for artistic effect, but I'm undecided as to if it works.

http://www.torrac.co.uk/temp/macro1blades.jpg

[babystan03]

Flowers @ Marina South, Singapore Part 2:

http://img205.exs.cx/img205/2669/pic0147812vw.jpg

[Ellatur]

here are some of mine :)
http://img31.echo.cx/img31/2553/dsc000682qx.jpg
Minas Tirith :)
http://img31.echo.cx/img31/32/dsc001294lx.jpg
thats chicken noodle soup, with ketchup, garlic bread, fries, some vegies, rice, peaches, cheese, and others. (no i didn't eat it :biggrin: )
http://img31.echo.cx/img31/9921/dsc004288et.jpg
ruler :)
http://img31.echo.cx/img31/7735/dsc003215nj.jpg
uhhh.. yea :) thats a cat picture, with another cat picture posted over it :)

[furryslippers]

lol nice pics

[gohcan]

Here's a picture of my electic shaver's blades I took a while ago with my Fuji S5000. The colours were modified in the gimp.
The blurryness is meant for artistic effect, but I'm undecided as to if it works.

http://www.torrac.co.uk/temp/macro1blades.jpg
IMHO it works ;)

[sunystory]

Sony Ericsson S710a
Taken by Samsung Digimax V5, Schneider Varioplan
ISO:50
W/B:Custom

http://myhome.hanafos.com/~kyoungsoo/6.jpg
http://myhome.hanafos.com/~kyoungsoo/7.jpg

[SUNNI]

nice phone u got there ;)

:D

[Brett]

My province's official flower, The White Trillium!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/brett420/t1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/brett420/t3.jpg

[sojourner truth ™]

My first attempt at macrophotography...

http://img1.echo.cx/img1/2686/img09247ij.jpg

I like the water droplets... It was snowing at the time.

[doady]

Here is another one of mine:

http://www.pbase.com/doady/image/42480872.jpg

[Ellatur]

^daaaamnnnnnnnnn! nice!

[doady]

Thanks Ellatur! I got new tripod yesterday so I tried more experiemnt with macros and when take another break from studying for exam, I see if ithe pics turned out well and maybe post them here. :)

[Ellatur]

the picture looks microscopic! did u do something else other than the macro mode?

[doady]

I didn't use use macro mode, I used super macro mode! :D

My camera lets you take pictures from 3 cm away, which is really cool, but not as good as Nikon cameras which can focus from 1 cm away.