Macro flower photography

J · Post by J » 2007-06-01 08:51pm

We've been playing around with our new digital camera and in the process we discovered the macro mode. Here it is put to good use.

This one's my favourite

I like this one a lot too

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2007-06-02 12:53am

Shweetness. What digital camera is it?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2007-06-02 01:26am

Aw man, bleeding hearts are my favourite flower. That picture is fantastic.

Hawkwings · Post by **Hawkwings** » 2007-06-02 01:41am

but they're not red and pink yet. That's when they look awesome.

Great pictures, BTW. Now, to find the macro function on my new camera...

Dartzap · Post by **Dartzap** » 2007-06-02 04:58am

Ah, yes, macro. My dad recently got a new Canon, and one the first things he found was Macro. The images he made from it were quite fantastic.

Mrs Kendall · Post by **Mrs Kendall** » 2007-06-02 08:18am

Those pics are beautiful J!

I might just have to expirament with our camera once our flowers finally bloom.

Edit: Or I can just take pics of our potato and strawberry gardens which are doing very well.

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2007-06-02 10:58am

Shinova wrote:Shweetness. What digital camera is it?

Canon SD800IS. The pictures came straight out of the camera like that, all I had to do was shrink them down. Shot them all on vivid colour mode with either cloudy or custom white balance for warmer richer colours.

J · Post by J » 2008-01-05 05:01pm

Some kind of flower thingy

I found it while browsing through the CDR backups of all the pictures we took this past year. I think my fiancé took the photo, but I'm not sure.

KlavoHunter · Post by **KlavoHunter** » 2008-01-05 09:51pm

This thread needs more Lotus Seed Pod.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2008-01-05 10:04pm

What makes "macro" photography different from normal photography?

TimothyC · Post by **TimothyC** » 2008-01-05 10:14pm

Zuul wrote:What makes "macro" photography different from normal photography?

It's when you can get an image where the object you are shooting is either the same size on film (24mm*36mm) as it is in real life (old definition), or where when printed on a 4''*6'' print it's the same as in real life. I myslef am looking for a good Macro for my A-1 that I use professionally.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2008-01-06 03:25pm

Everyone loves flower pictures because there are lots of sharp details and the colours pop out at you. But I just can't bring myself to take close-up pictures of flowers; it seems like totally boring subject matter to me. I like close-up shots of animals more, but they have a tendency to move around.

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2008-01-06 03:58pm

Darth Wong wrote:Everyone loves flower pictures because there are lots of sharp details and the colours pop out at you. But I just can't bring myself to take close-up pictures of flowers; it seems like totally boring subject matter to me.

I went crazy with macro mode & flower pictures when I first got the camera, but after a few months I realized how incredibly easy it was to take decent close-ups of flowers. I have maybe a thousand flower pictures and there's probably only a dozen stinkers, most of them are good and a few of them are great. I've since moved on to more challenging subjects, I still struggle to take half decent pictures of people.

I like close-up shots of animals more, but they have a tendency to move around.

That's what fast telephoto lenses are for.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2008-01-07 01:58am

aerius wrote:
I like close-up shots of animals more, but they have a tendency to move around.
That's what fast telephoto lenses are for.

Something like this, perhaps?

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2008-01-07 04:14am

God damn it, Phong. That just gave me a photo chubby.

But yeah, macro buttons are awesome if you are into taking pictures of nature stuff. For animals? Not so much, the aformentioned fast telephoto is the way to go for nature photography like that. However, expect to pay the price of a small car for that fast telephoto, or get a job with a company that will buy one for you.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2008-01-07 11:51am

Gil Hamilton wrote:But yeah, macro buttons are awesome if you are into taking pictures of nature stuff. For animals? Not so much, the aformentioned fast telephoto is the way to go for nature photography like that. However, expect to pay the price of a small car for that fast telephoto, or get a job with a company that will buy one for you.

There's also "real" macrophotography for 1:1 or better imagery (the button just ensures you have shallow DOF on most P&S cameras). And, of course, there's this funky lens, too

TimothyC · Post by **TimothyC** » 2008-01-07 01:40pm

aerius wrote:I've since moved on to more challenging subjects, I still struggle to take half decent pictures of people.

It's about 55% posing/subjects willingness 40% lighting, 4.9% background, and .1% dumb luck.

Darth Mall · Post by **Darth Mall** » 2008-01-07 06:52pm

KlavoHunter wrote:This thread needs more Lotus Seed Pod.

Here you go, I took this about 2 years ago in Thailand.

Some lillies I found near them:

Click the images to see more!

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2008-01-09 07:00pm

Darth Wong wrote:I like close-up shots of animals more, but they have a tendency to move around.

Like These?

Just took my new Kodak to the San Diego Zoo last week, worked wonders for just such a thing.

I'm really glad to see this thread though, now I know what to do with the flower-color setting on my camera should the need arise.[/url]

yes I shrank them down a lot on the flickr, but a size that sover 3000 x 2300 uses up lots of space and time uploading, heh.

Melchior · Post by **Melchior** » 2008-01-10 02:49pm

Darth Wong wrote:Everyone loves flower pictures because there are lots of sharp details and the colours pop out at you. But I just can't bring myself to take close-up pictures of flowers; it seems like totally boring subject matter to me. I like close-up shots of animals more, but they have a tendency to move around.

Well, it is possible to inject meaning in them; I took several trying to capture late summer putrescence and autumnal decay; if the thread's author will reassure me that she would not be troubled by such an act, I could post some of them here.