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 10/18/2011 01:10:06 AM · #51
Originally posted by chambo:
Thanks Mark. Will give both cameras a go. Marion from what I now understand, I don't think those shots are close enough. However, with macro being what it is, I don't know how anyone will be able to determine if the shot was taken in the street or not...unless it's a macro of the pavement itself! Lol


I agree that close ups may get dinged by the DNMC folks. However, I do not understand why everyone seems to think "Street Macro" has to include an actual street or road. When I saw the challenge, I thought of this as more or less street photography - defined by Wikipedia as a type of documentary photography that features subjects in candid situations within public places such as streets, parks, beaches, malls, political conventions and other settings. But here instead of photographing the entire subject - we are challenged to close in and shoot a macro of that subject. Damn near a macro FS if you ask me.

10/18/2011 01:15:59 AM · #52
Originally posted by ShutterPug:
Originally posted by chambo:
Thanks Mark. Will give both cameras a go. Marion from what I now understand, I don't think those shots are close enough. However, with macro being what it is, I don't know how anyone will be able to determine if the shot was taken in the street or not...unless it's a macro of the pavement itself! Lol


I agree that close ups may get dinged by the DNMC folks. However, I do not understand why everyone seems to think "Street Macro" has to include an actual street or road. When I saw the challenge, I thought of this as more or less street photography - defined by Wikipedia as a type of documentary photography that features subjects in candid situations within public places such as streets, parks, beaches, malls, political conventions and other settings. But here instead of photographing the entire subject - we are challenged to close in and shoot a macro of that subject. Damn near a macro FS if you ask me.


Damn near an invitation to get one's head kicked in if you ask me.
 10/18/2011 01:48:39 AM · #53
Originally posted by jomari:
Damn near an invitation to get one's head kicked in if you ask me.


Just the way I interpret it. Feel free to have your own opinion. Personally I don't see the examples Pixelpig posted as macros. They are close ups, but not true macro. Had you really got into 1:1 or closer, then you would never have known the subjects were in the road.

Message edited by author 2011-10-18 01:49:48.
 10/18/2011 01:53:41 AM · #54
This could become an expensive hobby.
1. Go to town.
2. Put camera on MACRO.
3. Pull belt tighter, to lessen builders bum.
4. Crawl down Main Street, clicking as you go.
5. Submit to challenge, sell your house before they realize you're the crazy photog and the price drops, and move on to next town.
or
1. Go to town.
2. Put camera on MACRO.
3. Make sure you're wearing your fast running shoes.
4. Push your camera into random faces, clicking as you go.
5. Submit to challenge, sell your house for lawyer costs, and move in with your mother.
 10/18/2011 02:11:13 AM · #55
but, but, herfotoman, I kind of do all those things anyway. and if I am with family or friends they make sure they are several paces away from me. "one of these days," my beloved said to me recently, "someone is going to beat you up." (my beloved is thoughtful that way).
 10/18/2011 02:25:47 AM · #56
Originally posted by tnun:
but, but, herfotoman, I kind of do all those things anyway. and if I am with family or friends they make sure they are several paces away from me. "one of these days," my beloved said to me recently, "someone is going to beat you up." (my beloved is thoughtful that way).

+1, minus the +1, as I have no beloved... :-)
 10/18/2011 05:48:50 AM · #57
Originally posted by herfotoman:
This could become an expensive hobby.
1. Go to town.
2. Put camera on MACRO.
3. Pull belt tighter, to lessen builders bum.
4. Crawl down Main Street, clicking as you go.
5. Submit to challenge, sell your house before they realize you're the crazy photog and the price drops, and move on to next town.
or
1. Go to town.
2. Put camera on MACRO.
3. Make sure you're wearing your fast running shoes.
4. Push your camera into random faces, clicking as you go.
5. Submit to challenge, sell your house for lawyer costs, and move in with your mother.


HAHA!
 10/18/2011 08:45:53 AM · #58
Originally posted by pixelpig:

Could these be street macro, maybe?



It says "Street Macro" not "True Macro in the Street" so my take is that it should be the minimum subject that would still be Street Photography. According to what I read here, I need to rethink.

If it's going to be "True Macro in the Street" and nobody knows the original life size of my subject so they can't be certain I shot a True Macro 1:1 then it's supposed to be DNMC voted. Hilarious. I see a great opportunity here to win the Brown with a fine shot. [eta] Not me, of course.

Message edited by author 2011-10-18 08:52:08.
 10/18/2011 09:23:55 AM · #59
You know Langdon is probably reading this thread and laughing his tail off. He intentionally posted an unusual and vague topic and people are still going to be anal and restrictive about what fits the topic.
 10/18/2011 10:51:34 AM · #60
.oops!

Message edited by author 2011-10-19 08:40:47.
 10/22/2011 10:49:09 AM · #61
I have my shot. I pushed my camera into the small subject but it's not a true macro. I just don't see the point really though I am concerned about DNMC.
 10/22/2011 11:06:26 AM · #62
Originally posted by UrfaTheGreat:
I have my shot. I pushed my camera into the small subject but it's not a true macro. I just don't see the point really though I am concerned about DNMC.


Same here :-/
 10/22/2011 12:10:19 PM · #63
Closeups have done well in macro challenges in the past. I think most people are open minded about that.

However, I'm surprised at the narrow definition of the challenge. I assumed it was like street photography -- go out and find something -- don't set up a shot. I had an entry that I really liked, but it didn't show any street. 2 of the 3 people I asked thought it didn't meet the challenge. :(

My shot now includes the street.

But I still don't think that's what the challenge is about.
 10/22/2011 12:24:33 PM · #64
Do we really care if it includes "the street"? What does that mean anyway? If it's macro, as it should be, who's going to know if it's the street, your driveway, or your patio?

Find a street and get close. That's it.

ETA: Not picking on you, Wendy. Rather, I feel your pain.

Message edited by author 2011-10-22 13:13:31.
 10/23/2011 01:16:13 AM · #65
So..........? Still no clear definition? Is there no filter we can use on the DNMC people? Maybe stick a swizzle stick in their pee holes? Yes, I am drinking right now ;)
 10/23/2011 02:03:07 PM · #66
I have one but not sure how well it would do. In the middle of the street, there is a dead squirrel a block from the house being pecked at by a buzzard. Didn't think that would go over very well either.
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