About Closer and Closer Macro Photography NEW RULES!
OUR GUIDELINES:
Any picture that is a close MACRO.
Images must be true MACRO or at least VERY close-up images with the majority of the frame showing the focal point in macro. Please note that using a macro lens or the macro mode on a camera may NOT produce an image that is a true macro.
Close-Up Photography is where the reproduction ratio is from 1:10 to 1:1 - ie from 1/10th life-size to life-size.
Macro Photography is where the reproduction ratio is from 1:1 to 10:1 - ie from life-size to ten times life-size.
And, for the record, Micro Photography is where the reproduction ratio is greater that 10:1 - ie greater than 10x life-size.
NEW!!! Let's get Closer! This is a dedicated macro photography group and the intention is for you to get closer and closer to your subject. What makes a true macro? Avoiding the technicalities across sensor and film sizes, for the purposes of this group, "macro" is something that is around 35mm (~1.38in) or smaller that fills the frame.
We recommend this article in wikipedia for a detailed description of "true macro". Here is one comment: "the lens is typically optimized to focus sharply on a small area approaching the size of the film frame." Thus, showing a whole animal or most of an animal/person/object/flower may not be a true macro but an image shot with a macro lens.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macro_photography
Please limit your uploads to 3 per day. Flooding the group pool is frowned upon and will result in photos being deleted. Threads on general topics that are not self-promotion are welcome. If there is any question as to whether or not your suggested topic is appropriate for the discussion threads, please contact one of the Admins.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
INVITE CODE
Please add this great macro image to
<b><a href="/groups/52241335207@N01/" rel="nofollow"> Closer and Closer Macro Photography</a></b>
Which will look like:
Please add this great macro image to
Closer and Closer Macro Photography
COMMENT CODE:
Seen in
<b><a href="/groups/52241335207@N01/" rel="nofollow"> Closer and Closer Macro Photography</a></b>
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Please take a look at our blog, which highlights our CCMP Theme and Challenge winners - here:
www.ccmphotoblog.blogspot.com/
When CCMP Theme or Challenge threads highlight a contest on a partiular theme, please read the details about posting size and tags within a contest thread.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Questions about "macro" and "close" images?
Here are some comments from the Admins here:
We all begin our photographic journeys somewhere. The learning of the right names for things and their definitions is where the journey often begins. It's true that the definition of macro has become fuzzy because of camera and lens marketing. Purists will always chafe about this and I can't blame them; there are specific and technical definitions for what constitutes a macro photograph. Such technical rigor can be a good thing and rewarding for the knowledgeable and wizardly. Unfortunately, like the knowing of most arcane knowledge, it can also sometimes be a purely existential joy.
With so many members, so many images submitted daily and so few admins, it would be difficult if not impossible to enforce a true, macro only rule. We also have members at all stages of photographic interest and experience in our group. Since we want C&CMP to be a gallery where everyone's best work can be seen and enjoyed, we try to err on the side of inclusiveness when cleaning out the pool.
One of our Adminis, Cobalt suggests that as long as the largest size uploaded shows the focus area larger than the subject is a good one to keep in mind. Other Admins and moderators may have slightly different interpretations or go by different rules of course.
If you are hesitating about whether to include your images in the pool, or you have a question about a particular image, please ask one of the admins or moderators and we'll be happy to chat it over with you."
***********************************************************
In order to add a photo to a thread such as this:
- open the page with the photo on it
- above the photo, click 'Share'
- a dropdown opens, click 'Grab the HTML/BBCode'
- make sure the size is set to 'Medium 500'
- right click the text in the box and choose 'Copy'
- paste that text within your post to the thread
- if your photo is set to 'Private' you may get a warning that you are about to share it publicly. Assert that you want to do that, or else don't try to post it publicly, :-)
***********************************************************
The C&CMP group's external website address is:
http://www.ccmphotoblog.blogspot.com/
|
Additional Information
 This is a public group.
-
Members can post 3 things to the pool each day.
- Accepted media types:
- Accepted content types:
- Accepted safety levels:
|
Feed – Subscribe to Closer and Closer Macro Photography NEW RULES! discussion threads