The challenge for the next two weeks is to focus your attention to the small things in the world. No restrictions, anything goes! Upload images no larger than 1600 pixels wide or 1050 pixels high.
Macro:
Here is a tutorial using low cost equipment. And here is another macro tutorial. This is an interesting tutorial that shows both the actual photography considerations and post processing
Close-Up:
Close-Up photography is not necessarily the same as macro photography, it is focusing on one aspect of a larger whole. Such as an interesting detail of architecture.
bee at small flower ISO 100 105mm f11 1/250
bee at a peony
ISO 100 105mm f8 1/500
This is an older hdr photo of tiger lily. No info on photo details and no info on what post processing was used.
The tight crop really works on this and the colour edits are right on.
Shot last week
Also shot last week
Close-Up. Peacock rear end. He was doing pirouettes on a stage.
Haha! Very unusual peacock photo!
Leaf detail.
ornamental wheat grass
cone on a Larch
The foregoing vegetation images are great, but I’m adding a couple of different “small things”.
First, Mama mallard and ducklings about to cross the walking pathway on the south side of Earl Grey Golf Course the evening of June 23rd. Small ducks.
Fuji XT-5 at 80mm. ISO 800/ F 7.1/ SS@ 1/200
Next image is from June 26th at Highwood Meadows at the top of the Highwood Pass.
Small creek, small waterfall enhanced with slow shutter.
Fuji GFX 50Sii at 50mm. ISO 100/ F8,0/ SS@ 1/25 second.
Bee on a Stonecrop plant – Canon EOS 6D – 1/800 sec. @ f/2.5, 100mm, ISO 400.
The lilies are in bloom
Taken with my iphone
Not sure what these plants are called, but I liked the texture.
Taken with my iphone