 |  Can Someone Explain What A "Macro" Shot Is?This is a discussion on Can Someone Explain What A "Macro" Shot Is? within the Cameras, Film and Photography Discussion forum part of the Photography Corner category; Just like the title states...
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02-19-2007, 10:35 AM
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#1 | | BAM! Herpes
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| Can Someone Explain What A "Macro" Shot Is?
Just like the title states...
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02-19-2007, 10:44 AM
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| basically a picture of something that is small, really up close. | |
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02-19-2007, 10:55 AM
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#3 | | BAM! Herpes
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| So if I were to take a picture of a tick, I'd push the macro button and snap away? | |
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02-19-2007, 10:59 AM
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#4 | | Straße haltbar
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| sounds about right | |
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02-19-2007, 11:28 AM
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#5 | | Banned
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| It changes the focus to take a MUCH more detailed picture of anything (for example) under 3 feet to point blank.
Better to shoot under good light and turn the flash off, hold the camera VERY steady, and hold down the Take Picture button halfway- let the camera focus- then depress the button all the way when the picture is clear.
I always use macro mode to shoot anything small and it takes better pictures of text on a sheet of paper <- practice your technique doing that as it will force you not to use the flash and you can test how detailed of a pic you can really get. Take pictures of paragraphs and words. You can then transfer that technique to anything.
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02-19-2007, 11:34 AM
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#6 | | BAM! Herpes
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Originally Posted by James  It changes the focus to take a MUCH more detailed picture of anything (for example) under 3 feet to point blank.
Better to shoot under good light and turn the flash off, hold the camera VERY steady, and hold down the Take Picture button halfway- let the camera focus- then depress the button all the way when the picture is clear. | Awesome... thanks James! | |
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02-19-2007, 04:05 PM
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#7 | | 2002 or STFU
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02-19-2007, 05:26 PM
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#8 | | Doin' my thang...
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| another form of macro photography is taking a close-up shot of only part of a subject.
Example - can you guess what this is?  | |
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02-19-2007, 05:35 PM
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| safeguard?
are you doing bathroom shots again? | |
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02-19-2007, 05:38 PM
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| Looks like a wintergreen Life Saver to me. | |
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02-19-2007, 05:43 PM
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| yeah now that you say that it does. | |
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02-19-2007, 06:14 PM
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#12 | | 2002 or STFU
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| i would've said life saver too... lol | |
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02-19-2007, 06:23 PM
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#13 | | Doin' my thang...
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by Jackson safeguard?
are you doing bathroom shots again? | LOL... naw... Quote:
Originally Posted by ry@n Looks like a wintergreen Life Saver to me. | You got it. 
That's the kind of macro that I do. | |
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02-19-2007, 06:26 PM
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#14 | | Doin' my thang...
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| How about this one?  | |
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02-19-2007, 06:42 PM
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#15 | | 2002 or STFU
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| Here's one I just did... GOD IM SO BORED!!!! I haven't been shooting in ages...   | |
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02-19-2007, 06:44 PM
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#16 | | Doin' my thang...
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| GOOD shot ^ | |
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02-19-2007, 07:45 PM
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#17 | | 2002 or STFU
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| one more... meh...  | |
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02-20-2007, 06:51 PM
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#18 | | 2002 or STFU
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02-20-2007, 06:58 PM
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#19 | | Grinding my nose
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| how do you do the vingetting? | |
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02-20-2007, 07:28 PM
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#20 | | 2002 or STFU
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| in photoshop...
use the marquee tool to surround the image... you'll need a pretty decent sized square.
feather edges like 65 so you'll get nice curves on the corners.
hit CTRL + I to inverse selection
then Filter -> Distort -> Lens Correction and adjust the vignetting to your liking...
but there are also other things involved to make the rest of it...
cheers. | |
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