The Wonderful World of Macro Photography

[kopee]

yup, all pics taken are beautiful... but over-stretching them seems quite awful at times... cheers...

[jOO]

linkinPark's suncoral pics are WoW!

Nice zoos there DeepBlue...

[Dispar_Anthias]

Some macro pic really make my hair stand on ends

[SpiderOne]

Some macro pic really make my hair stand on ends      

bet it was a the phallic heliofungia pic

[onghm]

Just in case you do not know what Macro Photography, it is simply close-up photography.

Lets start with one of mine.

Hi Blueheaven,

Nice closeup u got there!

But its a shame the pixel is a bit obvious.

How come ?

u enlarge it ?

[onghm]

nice closeup.. but still can see the pixles...

hmmmmwe need onghm on this thread!

Hi Shiraz,

Thanks for inviting

I got no more pics to contribute, but i enjoyed looking at other's effort and try to "steal" some techniques off them

How's your photoshop going ?

[onghm]

Wow DB,

Your photography skills are improving by leaps and bounds.

Next worthwhile investment would be photoshop.

My 2 cents

[onghm]

Hi Linkinpark,

Fabulous macro shots!

Nice illustration of patterns repetition

I like your brain pics, expecially the maze brain.

The lines meet nicely at the rules-of-thirds

But some shots also quite pixelated.

How come ??

[LinkinPark]

Hi Linkinpark,

But some shots also quite pixelated.

How come ??

Don't know why. Very new to this and technically unwise.

It's a 5 mega-pix, resized using ms photo editor. On screen, looked smooth and sharp. But once uploaded, jagged.

[shiraz]

my photoshop?? errr still stagnant! managed to zoom in the most i could with my Olympus 3.0 megapixel... this was the best i got..

the rear is sharp.. but the front too close...

[blueheaven]

Don't know why the pixels are still seen!!!

Btw this is my leather coral

[blueheaven]

My Goniopora (Resting in Heaven)

The slime it produced can still be seen!!!!

[harmony]

Sea Fan

[DeepBlue]

Wow DB,

Your photography skills are improving by leaps and bounds.

Next worthwhile investment would be photoshop.

My 2 cents

Ong, I am too broke to buy photoshop prog....maybe need to scout ard for $8 version(joking)

[terryansimon]

my photoshop?? errr still stagnant! managed to zoom in the most i could with my Olympus 3.0 megapixel... this was the best i got..

the rear is sharp.. but the front too close...

increase depth of field. that means smaller f/stop number. this will ensure that overall picture is sharp and balanced out. (=

[shiraz]

errr how do u do that terryansimon? im using a digital cam... can the lens be changed? looks like it's fixed and 'bolted' in the cam..

[terryansimon]

errr how do u do that terryansimon? im using a digital cam... can the lens be changed? looks like it's fixed and 'bolted' in the cam..

do you have a mode settings? try to look for it. normally its a knob or accessed by some buttons. for Canon, its classified as a TV mode.

or you can use a full manual mode as well.

gotta read the manual lah.

my G3 also fixed lens type, yet I can play with both apperture and shutter. hehz not mocking you, but just illustrating to you my point. (=

[Volitan]

increase depth of field. that means smaller f/stop number. this will ensure that overall picture is sharp and balanced out. (=

I tot a simpler way would be setting your camera to landscape mode. Dun forget to turn on the macro mode too...

[shiraz]

the cam is abt a year old and i've not even smelt the manual function!

i'll try and dig up 'Ye Olde' Manuel from somewhere and start mugging i guess later..

[terryansimon]

I wonder how on earth are you going to do landscape mode and enable macro at the same time. it'd be a clash of camera modes. which is why a full manual overwrite is still the best. gives you absolute control over the camera.

for example if you want more focus, increase depth of field aka reducing f/stop number. if you want the colours to more intense and vivid, underexpose shots by reducing exposure by half step. you want colours to burn in *especially red*, overexpose by half a step or more. (=

[shiraz]

errr ok.. that was camara language!