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** Super Macro Photography (Two Per Day )

Group for all enthusiasts of the small world

Featured Work

a tenacious life by Mark Breyley

(as is from the camera) / Toorongo Falls in Victoria’s east is an inspiring and soul-refreshing place to visit in a drought, because the waterfall still flows and the moss still grows – even in unexpected places. These mushrooms are about 5mm in diameter, and grow on a rock beside the path. Canon SX100is / Full Auto mode / Shutter 1/60 / Aperture F2.8 / FocLen 28mm
Flourish flower by CanDuCreations

Macro-photograph of a part of a very unusual flower. I don’t know the name. Does anybody know the name?? / The details are amazing. Best viewed larger. Photographer: Thea Walstra / /
What are you lookin' At! by JonRussell

Not sure what type of crab this is, found it on the rocks at Point Peron Western Australia. He wasn’t to pleased having his photo taken!! Camera Olympus E-410 Featured in the group – Super Macro Photography
Curled Sawfly On Hexigonal Pored Polypore by Carla Jandelle Petters

This beautiful pale caterpillar is actually the larva of an Elm Sawfly, an insect found here in the US that loves to eat leaves! Found on a trail threw some lightly forested area here in NE Kansas, it was a surprise to find out it WASN’T a beetle, butterfly OR moth! / The last photo is his adult stage…a member of the wasp/bee family only no stinger, it’s a pretty common site in the adult form here and I’ve often just looked past it thinking ‘ew, shooo fly, don’t bother me’! / This fellow is curled up in a defensive posture on top of the bottom-side of a Hexigonal-pored Polypore, a gorgeous orange on the topside and here you can see the other beautiful qualities. / Thanx to everyone who played with me on the BubbleJeopardy to figure this guy out!
Sunday Morning Dew by GeorgieH

Native grass in the Afton Street Reserve, Essendon West, Melbourne, on a Sunday morning in May 2009. Courtesy of my Panasonic Lumix TZ11. Featured in Super Macro Photography.
Monster by Stephen Maxwell

This ‘husk’ was on a leaf at a pond. The creature it contained, probably a dragonfly, had long gone. The white ‘string’ came from the inside of the husk. Mount Stewart National Trust Garden, near Greyabbey, County Down. Nikon D70, Sigma 180mm macro, +4 diopter.
Light Interference on a Soap Bubble by Lesley Williamson

The phenomenon of light reflecting off a soap bubble is rarely observed. The iridescent colours are caused by interfering light waves, some of which reflect off the outer surface. I used a macro lens in order to capture this in detail. No adjustments were made to colour or saturation in Photoshop, only a simple square crop! As featured in the group ‘Super Macro Photography’ – 10/07/09 Thank you to all who stop by to have a look, it’s much appreciated, as are your comments! Copyright © Lesley Williamson 2009
Colour Galaxy by Sally Green

This is a very close-up photograph of a C.D. with water droplets on it. It has had only slight manipulation (curves and +5 on saturation) plus slight cropping, and is ‘as is’ out of the camera. / I have a whole series of similar shots. Enjoy…...
Fringed Petals by Renee Hubbard Fine Art Photography

Queen Protea Abstract
Grevillea Bud by Vanessa Barklay

A pretty Grevillea, an Australian Native buds.. / Here’s the mother flower, in a print called Pink Curls… /

Recent Work

Happy bee...honey for tea.. by valzart

..poking my nose into macro-land again and heard this little buzzing noise..lo and behold here is the culprit…buzzily buzzing away in an ecstasy of nectar at the Norfolk Broads Uk ..the bees are on a sad decline al over the world.. Honey ..NRDC ..Wildlife on the Brink / The Endangered Species Act helps save wildlife pressured by pollution and other dangers. See what’s at stake across the nation.As is straight out of the camera Olympus fe -35/x-30 314 dpi f-stop 4.6 ISO 100 35mm 36 taken at the Norfolk Broads UK.. First photo of a Bee in mactro featured in ‘Earthkeepers’’ ..
Abstract Nature by dansch

Dandelion with waterdrops on it
A Rose Amongst the Thorns by RichardKeech

Taken in the Greenwich Park Rose Gardens / Canon 50D / 60mm Macro lens
BEEHAVE by Gina Cormier

Backyard yellow flower and bee! Taken with a Canon XTI and macro lens. f/8 / exposure-1/250 sec / ISO-200 / Focal Length-100mm
Lil' friend... by valzart

...popped out between showers for a breath of fresh air & there was my lil’ friend agen lol!..gettin’ to love this lil’ guy.captured him@Norfolk Broads UK….zip a dee doo dah ...Save the Insects ... As is straight out of the camera Olymous 35/30 DPi 314 f-stop 4.6 ISO-100 .....
Untitled by shadyuk

Close up Hibiscus Center / Canon Rebel SXi
Pearls at sunset by Hans Bax

After rain comes subshine. A heavy rainshower was over, the sun came back for a while….
Spiny Leaf Chameleon: Up close and personal! by Ollie de Brett

Here is the same Brookesia decaryi chameleon again. I decided to take a more detailed shot of his face and thought black and white added a nice effect. Taken in the jungle west of Farafangana, Madagascar.
Spiny Leaf Chameleon by Ollie de Brett

I found this little fella in the jungles west of Farafangana, Madagascar. I think he is a real beauty and very photogenic – especially his cheeky grin! He is a Spiny Leaf or Brookesia decaryi chameleon so is unable to change colours, however his wonderful shape made him pretty hard to spot.
Yellow Blossom by RichardKeech

Taken at my parents place in Newcastle / Canon 50D / 60mm Macro lens
Blue Divide. by Stuart Thorpe

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About This Group

Winner of Our Challenge
Jdmphotography

This group was designed for all kinds of nature macro photography, from invertebrate, flowers … Super Macro

Only show your best work Please, read the rules!!! Let us take it from the basics of what super macro photography is. Super macro is referred to the photographing of subjects at a ratio of more than 1:1. Normal macro is when we shoot at 1:1 magnification ratio, that is the 1mm of the subject is produced on the sensor as 1mm. Now super macro photography is when we represent 1mm on the subject as more than 1mm on the sensor.

What does super macro photography do?

The photographs become so detailed that you can compare them to looking at an object through a microscope. These photographs have vivid detail of the miniature world. Commercially they are required for text books journals etc. They are also used in advertisements and such promotional materials. Most importantly it allows the photographer to capture a world that is not seen with the naked eye.The image below shows a super macro of a leaf.

We can and will reject all images that don’t fit into these rules or that we think don’t have the quality we’re looking for.

We want to thank all those who joined us and showed their fabulous work .

ANNA & PETER