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Macro Photography or close-up Photography is usually a shot of very small subjects. Macro photography is the art of taking close-up pictures of a subject that reveal additional details and features which can’t be seen with our own naked eyes. In macro photography, the size of the subject in the image is larger than the size of the subject in real life. For example, a ladybird is always bigger in photos than in its real life size. Or when we look at a fly, while we can see the fly on the wall, our naked eyes aren’t detailed enough to explore the fine details of the thousands of lenses on its eyes. This is where macro photography comes in. Macro photography is the technique used by professionals to capture these types of close-up shots.
Macro lenses are the gear that is specifically designed for macro photography. With an ultra-long long barrel for close focusing, macro lenses are sometimes a little costly, but definitely worth it. It lets professional photographers capture macro photos that will be impossible with their normal gear as these lenses are optimized for high reproduction ratios. Most modern macro lenses can focus continuously to infinity as well, using focusing mechanisms that change the optical formula. Macro lenses are not only used in macro photography, but also for normal photography. It provides a higher level of performance in regular photography as these lenses provide excellent optical quality. And to bring macro photography to the next level, true macro lenses can achieve a much higher magnification, allowing the photography of the small insects, snowflakes, parts of flowers and other miniature subjects.
Why do people love macro photography so much? Well, the answer is because macro photography provides humans with a quick look into the world of the very small, which we cannot see with our own eyes, and which usually goes unnoticed by us as we are always caught up in the ‘bigger’ things in life. In this post, we have prepared a collection of macro photography ranging from topics like insects to flowers for your entertainment. We hope that these set of photographs will inspire you to try some macro photography of your own because we are sure that you will be amazed by details of the many photos that you will capture through this technique. Have fun and enjoy!
Eye of a Tokay Gecko
Through the eyes of a gecko.

High-Tech Jumper
Do I scare you?

Bubble Magic
Bubbles all around.

Dewdrop Refraction
Flower inside the dew.

Colors Drops Rose
Drops of ‘colourful’ water.

Mega Fly
Looks like a superhero to me.

Red Veined Darter
A really wet insect.

Face To Face
Yellow bee, yellow flower.

Rose Leaf
The beauty of the rose leaf is magnified by the dew.

Eeeek
Move aside little guy.

Fragile
The butterfly can’t wait for the flower to blossom.

Green Bug
Resting on the flower.

Pencil Shaving and Sharpener
Purple is the colour.

Happy Water Drop
Smiley happy face looking at water drops.

Hanging
Don’t let go.

First Macro
I really don’t know what this is.

Macro By Rafei3
Cosy bed for the bug.

Life Under Our Feet
Don’t step on me!

Apple
Freshly washed apple.

An insect
I’m feeling blue.

Winter Blues
Blue and beautiful.

Spider
Ready for battle.

Gears
Flowers with many petals.

Banded Demoiselle
I just took a bath.

Drew Drop
Flower in a droplet.

Explored
Earth in a drop.


4 comments
Eric says:
Mar 15, 2012
The First Macro where you say you don’t know what that is, its a Dandelion.
Seize Design says:
Mar 15, 2012
this is also professional art of photography to get macro photos.