Macro Photography Ideas

1 - I can do better 2 - Jury's out 3 - Pretty darn good 4 - Splendiferous 5 - Awesometastic by 1 person | Log in to rate

Ranked #1,494 in DIY, #27,665 overall

Macro Photography - An Overview

Macro Photography is a popular stream of photography. Here, the image size of the subject on photographic sensor is at least equal to the real size of the subject. The image can also be larger than the actual size but never smaller.

With the advent of digital cameras practicing macro photography has become much easier; however, a lot of photographers still use traditional cameras.

Macro Photography - Subject 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!

Bubbles & Drops of Water: 

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.

Image courtesy: listfied.com

Feather 

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.

Image courtesy: pbase.com

Flower Petals 

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.

Image courtesy: flickr.com

Human Eyes 

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?

Image courtesy: bollytheater.wordpress.com

Spiders and Spider Webs: 

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.

Image courtesy: photography tutorials

Macro Photography Samples on Flickr 

rosemary by billaday

rosemary

Pen tip by m.raghu

Pen tip

First steps with macro photography by huguesmitton

First steps with mac...

First steps with macro photography by huguesmitton

First steps with mac...

circa 1887 by R_Pigott

circa 1887

Multicolor Spider by Sabrina Campagna

Multicolor Spider

Prague by lanchongzi

Prague

Coquetry by seyed mostafa zamani

Coquetry

Origami Cuboctahedron, aka Spiky Ball by DougitDesign.com / Doug Aghassi

Origami Cuboctahedro...

30 Days of Gratitude- Day 27 by aussiegall

30 Days of Gratitude...

automatically generated by Flickr

New Guestbook 

submit

Macro Photography - Books & Equipments 

Digital Macro Photography

Amazon Price: $12.21 (as of 12/04/2009) Buy Now

Macro Photography Photo Workshop

Amazon Price: $19.79 (as of 12/04/2009) Buy Now

Closeup Shooting: A Guide to Closeup, Tabletop, and Macro Photography

Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 12/04/2009) Buy Now

by macrophotography

Photographer by Passion, have been practicing macro photography for years. (more)

Explore related pages

Create a Lens!