Weekly Theme - "MACRO BUT NOT AS WE KNOW IT"

[yorkshireman]

OK this theme was prompted by something EricD said about how repetitive macros can become when all they show are bugs and flowers, hey I class flower photography as one of my favourite subjects but it gives us the easy option when sticking a macro lens on to point it at the nearest flower. So this theme has only one rule MACROS BUT NO FLOWERS OR BUGS. Apologies to those without macro lenses but I am sure some creative use of a zoom and cropping can achieve a result.

Remember even the simplest things can be amazing in macro - surprise us!!!!!

This will run for 2 weeks or until my eye recovers from the operation, mind you if thats a success I get the left one done straight after

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[yorkshireman]

OK to get us started I'm sure you collectors out there will recognise this as one of the Snow Babies



.... and this might look like a bulldozer lost its track but its actually my magnetic bracelet

[yorkshireman]

OK just one more - now who has eyes like this (answer below)



Our Queen on the £20 note (and the catch lights in the eyes are in the engraving, thats something new I learned today)

[Fred Berg]

I thought it was old Will Shakespeare for a mo! But soft what light from yonder bank note breaks

This won't be easy without any creepy crawlies but let's see what small wonders are out there......

[yorkshireman]

Fred I am sure you will find something

[clupica]

My wife uses a traditional 70-200mm f/4 telephoto zoom for her macros. But it's on an 18mp Canon 7D so there's room to crop. I'm sure I have a ton of mushrooms here some where. Are foods and edible fungus out of bounds ?

[Fred Berg]

We went to an exhibition of all things Hollywood today and this candelabra was there as part of the deco. I took as good a shot of it as I was able to using my compact (no optical zoom!) and have cropped out this detail:

[yorkshireman]

QUOTE

Are foods and edible fungus out of bounds ?

Charles lets keep frood and and plants as such out

[SONYNUT]

"HOTEL"

[yorkshireman]

Steve I think this should be 2 posts at a time - my fault missed it off the post, you must have known this was coming - or were you bored in a Hotel room one night