I wanted to show a bit more detail from one of last week's posts: http://365project.org/quietpurplehaze/365/2014-03-12
Then I got to thinking about the definition of macro, as we have macro-March3 this week.
So what counts as macro? Is this macro, macro-crop, close-up, none of these?
I'll be interested to hear your views: I know the 1:1 definition or, maybe, 'larger than life'. Found some interesting examples on google.
I'll tag her anyway.
This is a close-up. Technically I think macro refers to something enlarged beyond 1:1 - but I'm not a scientist! I've just looked at Wiki definition: " ...a macro lens is classically a lens capable of reproduction ratios greater than 1:1, although it often refers to any lens with a large reproduction ratio, despite rarely exceeding 1:1." Lots more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macro_photography Complicated question you've raised!!! I prefer 'close-p' mostly, unless obvious macro, like the eye of a fly!
Thanks - we were given the definition of 1:1 on our digital photography workshop.
Somehow the word 'macro' has a certain 'cachet' which 'close-up' does not have!!!! (Naming of parts etc.......) Perhaps camera manufacturers are to blame for having a dear little daisy 'macro' sign on most cameras. They probably also think it has more 'cachet'?!
Anita, many thanks for the comment and fav. This was cropped from the photo I flagged up in my commentary above and that photo was taken with my bridge camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ62 - I don't have ( or want) a lot of (to me) complicated equipment. These bird shots are the best results so far I've had with the camera so I must be learning how to use it!
Micro :The micrometre (International spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; SI symbol: µm) or micrometer (American spelling) is an SI derived unit of length equaling 1×10−6 of a metre (SI standard prefix "micro-" = 10−6); that is, one millionth of a metre (or one thousandth of a millimetre, 0.001 mm, or about 0.000039 inch). The symbol µm is sometimes rendered as um if the symbol µ cannot be used, or if the writer is not aware of the distinction .
So to this context a micro pic. is a pic. taken by a microscope What we do is in general : close up pic`s .And In you case : beautiful close up pic.
That is AMAZING detail. Looks like Liberty could fly right out of my computer. I've been wondering also what is considered Macro. Glad that you gave the info and posed the question! Thank you!
@rvwalker Because I had to read the article several times to make sense of it!! And still don't really understand. But I appreciated your sending me the URL.
Thank you both so much for encouraging comments and very much for the article Taffy via Ross! Off out for the day (hope to get more pics) but have bookmarked the link to read and try to understand when I have a quiet moment. It seems we humans always have to understand everything by 'naming of parts' (labelling).
Gerry, you are v kind.
Thanks, Paula. I think that it's a bit like that war poem: "and now we have naming of parts".
Glad it's not just me who wonders!
thanks - totally converted to this camera that I nearly sold!
Thanks - we were given the definition of 1:1 on our digital photography workshop.
Somehow the word 'macro' has a certain 'cachet' which 'close-up' does not have!!!! (Naming of parts etc.......) Perhaps camera manufacturers are to blame for having a dear little daisy 'macro' sign on most cameras. They probably also think it has more 'cachet'?!
Anita, many thanks for the comment and fav. This was cropped from the photo I flagged up in my commentary above and that photo was taken with my bridge camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ62 - I don't have ( or want) a lot of (to me) complicated equipment. These bird shots are the best results so far I've had with the camera so I must be learning how to use it!
p.s. don't think I'll ever get the eye of a fly!
So to this context a micro pic. is a pic. taken by a microscope What we do is in general : close up pic`s .And In you case : beautiful close up pic.
I wish fortune!
Here's a good discussion. Not simple, but very good. http://www.dpreview.com/articles/6519974919/macro-photography-understanding-magnification
Thank you both so much for encouraging comments and very much for the article Taffy via Ross! Off out for the day (hope to get more pics) but have bookmarked the link to read and try to understand when I have a quiet moment. It seems we humans always have to understand everything by 'naming of parts' (labelling).