Brush Up (One Night Stand - macro) by ukandie1

Brush Up (One Night Stand - macro)

Inspired by a phone call from the dentist office reminding me of my son’s and daughter’s scheduled checkup (which I had forgotten about), I figured a toothbrush would be a good subject for the one night stand challenge of a macro. Not having done any macro shots before and not having a macro lens or any other attachments to mimic a macro lens, and having little idea of what I was doing I really struggled. I ended up resorting to my old point and shoot.

So let’s put this shot down to a one night stand I would like to forget about, and in the words of other 365’ers no need to comment move along, and on a side note time for me to brush up on some skills.
Now I'm not too familiar with you camera but what I do sometimes with mine is this. I get as close as I can with my zoom lens then with my in camera menu I have a place where I can trim the photo, from there I trim it in close to mimic a macro shot. I think technically it's a close up shot but it can look the same as a macro. That's my cheat because I don't have a macro lens either./ Just a thought and I really like the contrasting colors in this photo.... now I'm moving along :)
July 17th, 2014  
@mikekutz Thanks Mike I will have to give that a go! I was so lost!
July 17th, 2014  
Very cool macro..like the whites ^^
July 18th, 2014  
Very nice shot. Great macro.
July 18th, 2014  
cool shot!
July 18th, 2014  
Like the originality of this macro.
July 18th, 2014  
Love the details! Great focus!
July 18th, 2014  
Good macro nicely placed for composition.
July 18th, 2014  
I think this is a great shot and what an original idea.
July 18th, 2014  
Wonderful close up I really like this
July 18th, 2014  
You have made a toothbrush look so beautiful! Great shot.
July 18th, 2014  
Wow you can really see the detail!
July 18th, 2014  
This is an awesome macro, Ukandie! Well done!
July 18th, 2014  
great Macro
July 18th, 2014  
Nice shot
July 18th, 2014  
Nicely done!
July 18th, 2014  
July 19th, 2014  
fave, I love it!
July 20th, 2014  
And nothing wrong with a p&s!
July 20th, 2014  
It's good! Sometimes a point and shoot is just as good as an all singing all dancing dslr with fancy macro lens!
July 20th, 2014  
What an awesome capture Ukandie! This is brilliant. well done
fav
July 20th, 2014  
btw, I only have a point and shoot - all my photo are taken that way. Oh yes, do not forget - auto mode
July 20th, 2014  
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