1. Portraits
2. Texture - Lines - Pattern
3. Color - Light
4. Still Life
5. Macro
6. Landscape - Panoramic
7. Clones
8. Photo Essays
Macro Links:
Extreme Insect Photography
Photographic.com Macro Contest
Photographic.com Macro Article
Macro Food
ePhotozine.com Macro Mode
Macro Flowers
Close-up Photography
Close Encounters
Photo Tips:
GIMP Tips: Grocking the Gimp
Zoom and new view:
You can use the zoom tool to magnify a part of a photo. You can also use the "-" and "+" keys to zoom in and then use the scroll bars to navigate your way around the image. If you know that you'll be cropping an image to zoom in on a small section, use the highest resolution setting your camera has when taking the photograph.
This photograph was cropped from a larger one. The colors where modified using the hue and saturation tools. The background was removed using the contiguous regions tool.
Macro
Photography
Macro photography is close-up photography. Your digital camera should have a special button on it that looks like a tulip. Pushing the macro button allows your camera to focus on objects just inches away from the lens.
Experiment
with your zoom settings to get the most out of your lens in macro mode.
This photograph of an eye was taken with the camera on a tripod. We used the manual focus mode to get the reflection in the pupil as sharp as we could. Using a slow shutter speed and stopping the lens down helped give a larger depth of field so that both the eye and the reflection are in focus.
Finding subjects for close-up
photography is easy. They are all around you. Everyday objects enter a
new world and are fun to explore under the macro lens.
Even though you are shooting tiny objects the same rules that make for good normal photographs apply. Look for texture, interesting lines, shapes and lighting. Use color and light to your advantage and be careful of your background. A white scrap of paper may be used as a light reflector or a portable background.
Assignment: Print and mount 9 photographs using the macro function of your camera. Your subjects can be natural things like flowers and plants or man-made things like tools and toys.
Criteria for Success: Sharpness, lighting and depth of field are all important when taking extreme closeup photographs. Experiment with photos of the same object using different lighting and focus settings.
Tool photos by Max B.
Macro photography is close-up photography. Your digital camera should have a special button on it that looks like a tulip. Pushing the macro button allows your camera to focus on objects just inches away from the lens.
Experiment
with your zoom settings to get the most out of your lens in macro mode.This photograph of an eye was taken with the camera on a tripod. We used the manual focus mode to get the reflection in the pupil as sharp as we could. Using a slow shutter speed and stopping the lens down helped give a larger depth of field so that both the eye and the reflection are in focus.
Finding subjects for close-up
photography is easy. They are all around you. Everyday objects enter a
new world and are fun to explore under the macro lens.Even though you are shooting tiny objects the same rules that make for good normal photographs apply. Look for texture, interesting lines, shapes and lighting. Use color and light to your advantage and be careful of your background. A white scrap of paper may be used as a light reflector or a portable background.
Assignment: Print and mount 9 photographs using the macro function of your camera. Your subjects can be natural things like flowers and plants or man-made things like tools and toys.
Criteria for Success: Sharpness, lighting and depth of field are all important when taking extreme closeup photographs. Experiment with photos of the same object using different lighting and focus settings.