Macro Photography Ideas

In this lens I will list 5 subject ideas of macro photography.

1. Bubbles or drop of water
2. Feathers
3. Flower Petals
4. Human eye
5. Spiders and Spider webs

Why can't I shoot an elephant? Of course you can (I am talking about photo shooting), but that will not be an example of macrophotography. You will need a mammoth camera for this!

As said above, image on the sensor should be equal to the real size of the subject. Hence, macro photography is all about taking photographs of small objects from a close range. Please note that all the subjects in the above mentioned list are small.

Let's see some examples and get inspired!

Photographers addicted with macro photography find water bubbles or drops of water to be an attractive subject. Drop of water falling to the ground; dew drops on leaves or flower petals or simply a splash of water are the common subjects.

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Another attractive subject is feather of birds. Feathers make birds so beautiful. Taking pictures of feathers is an art. Both colored and black-and-white feathers have appeared repeatedly in photography.

Look at the peacock feather attached.

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Get out of your home with a camera in hand - and you would take at least few photographs of flowers for sure. Flowers are so attractive that you cannot help taking pictures. In macro photography, flower petals, parts of flowers come frequently.

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Eyes are the mirror of heart - artists have been painting pictures of eyes for centuries; poets have written thousands and thousands of lines just to adore the eyes of someone special. Eyes express dream, affection, anger, hunger and countless human emotions. It's quite natural that they would make a place in this list.

One may ask that how come the image of an eye on the sensor is equal to the actual size of the eye, unless it's a baby's eye? True. Taking picture of baby eyes is a common hobby. But you can also take a snap of the eyes of an adult - when it is printed on a standard paper it becomes equal to the original size of the subject, doesn't it?

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What a wonder web they knit - attractive, but cruelly dangerous for the preys. There are macro photography experts who have dedicated their lives just for taking pictures of spiders and spider webs - Garden Orb spider, Jumping spider, Wolf spider, Itsy Bitsy spider are often photographed.

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