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11/20/2014 10:15:25 PM · #26 |
Not sure of the definition, but mine required an extension tube so I thought it was safely a macro.
My first idea was just with my 18-55 and not really being macro was one of the reasons I decided not to use it. |
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11/20/2014 11:27:29 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by GeorgesBogaert:
Why so many pictures are not macro's?
Is close up and macro the same? |
We only ever have a few real macro shots in these challenges, most of them are only close-ups.
However, in THIS challenge, there are a number that aren't even a real close-up, let alone macro!
I still found enough that I liked, though :-)
Stats: You have rated 105 of 105 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 6.4476. |
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11/20/2014 11:43:43 PM · #28 |
FWIW, by definition a macro is an image that's captured at a 1:1 or greater reproduction ratio at the film/sensor plane. That is to say, if you shot an actual color slide of a dime at 1:1 and then laid the dime on top of the slide, then it would line up exactly. Of course, the sensor image is MUCH smaller than what we're viewing on the screen (more like the thumbnail than like the image we vote on) and so we see a much-larger-than-life reproduction of a true macro on our screen. So I'm not sure the strict definition of "macro" has meaning for us.
At the same time, MANY subjects can be shot in true macro and have absolutely no sense of scale whatsoever, so some of these images that don't "look" macro may, in fact, BE true macros. That's one of the interesting aspects of shooting "inanimate" macros: with most living subjects, there's a reasonable sense of scale built in to the image (bug's wings and eyes, pollen granules on flower stamens and pistils, stuff like that) but we often don't have any of that with the inanimate objects, and what "scale" we SEEM to have can be wildly misleading. My own entry is very deceptive from a scaling POV, but it's a true 1:1 macro... |
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11/21/2014 01:05:15 AM · #29 |
I found this page which makes it clear.
//www.slrphotographyguide.com/blog/macro/macro-micro-closeup-difference.html
I took mine with 5x extension tubes. The subject is only few mm large and it fills my whole picture.
(BTW I bought those tubes on ebay for 0.99$) And the result I have with it is really amazing. (when using it with my 40mm pancake I need to adjust with the tripod and it takes a lot of time to get a real sharp picture, when using a zoom lens I can zoom in and out but the picture is not ultra sharp)
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11/21/2014 03:58:57 AM · #30 |
I have a true macro lens, but chose not to use it because I was reading recently about macro shots with lenses that are not usually thought of as macro. I thought I would try something new (for me) and I like the results, but I'm afraid many will look at it with the DNMC mindset even though the lens was nearly touching the object. On the other hand, I have received some really nice comments. In the end, as always, I just enter what I want to enter (within the rules, of course, except when I forget to read them and get a DQ).
The really great thing about this entry is the fact that I've learned how to expand my use of one of my lenses and I can already think of things I want to do with it now that I have an idea of what it can do on the macro end of things.
It's always good to learn.... |
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11/21/2014 08:33:38 AM · #31 |
The 1 on vote 57 (which, it could be argued, I deserved) dropped me to my 5th lowest score ever.
91st place or lower, and I'll set my own lowest percentile finish record.
Message edited by author 2014-11-21 08:40:22. |
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11/22/2014 12:23:24 PM · #32 |
You have rated 104 of 104 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have commented on 6 images (6%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 6.0288.
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11/22/2014 07:52:49 PM · #33 |
This isn't good, is it?
Votes: 67
Views: 128
Avg Vote: 4.7612
Comments: 0
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11/23/2014 11:27:16 AM · #34 |
vote 71 popped my dream of top 10
for 3 days the same score and with 1 vote, down by almost a full point. |
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11/23/2014 02:47:28 PM · #35 |
I'm back on the way down again. Just as well I was given low expectations from the start!
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11/23/2014 05:14:38 PM · #36 |
Originally posted by GeorgesBogaert:
vote 71 popped my dream of top 10
for 3 days the same score and with 1 vote, down by almost a full point. |
Yes . . . the inevitable downward trend as rollover approaches. After a slow steady climb for the last 3 days, I have given up those gains now in 1 day. It's funny how this always seems to happen. |
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11/23/2014 05:18:45 PM · #37 |
Votes: 76
Views: 147
Avg Vote: 4.7237
Comments: 1 |
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11/24/2014 07:03:23 PM · #38 |
Well, I managed to climb up to a 5.94 through the weekend, but then I hit a few unimpressed viewers  and dropped down to under a 5.9. Just hoping now that it doesn't drop too much more in the next day.
Votes: 85
Views: 163
Avg Vote: 5.8824
Comments: 0
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11/25/2014 04:12:20 PM · #39 |
| After a small rally earlier today, where I had delusions of reaching 5.0 again, I've slipped a little. |
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11/25/2014 07:09:05 PM · #40 |
So I guess mine is "meh..." :)
Votes: 99
Views: 179
Avg Vote: 5.6768
Comments: 3 |
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11/25/2014 08:35:25 PM · #41 |
Whew! That was a lot of voting and comments!
You have rated 104 of 104 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have commented on 104 images (99%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 6.2115
Glad that is behind me now.... On to the next challenge! |
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11/25/2014 09:08:56 PM · #42 |
Right on  CBalck !
You have rated 104 of 104 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have commented on 104 images (99%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 6.4231.
Gave a lot of 8's but nothing higher - might make another pass later on.
Votes: 98
Views: 177
Avg Vote: 4.8265
Comments: 1 |
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11/25/2014 09:18:34 PM · #43 |
Thanks, CBalck and  MadMan2k.
Votes: 102
Views: 177
Avg Vote: 5.8333
Comments: 2
For the two comments I have received. |
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and dropped down to under a 5.9. Just hoping now that it doesn't drop too much more in the next day.
