Closer and Closer Macro Photography

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About Closer and Closer Macro Photography

Any picture that is a macro.

Please limit your uploads to 3 per day. Flooding the group pool is frowned upon and will result in photos being deleted.

Here is a html-link that you can copy and paste when you comment on photos in the group pool: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/closer_and_closer/" >Closer and Closer Macro Photography</a>



Please take a look at our blog, which highlights our theme of the week winners in weekly threads - here:
www.ccmphotoblog.blogspot.com/

When Theme Week 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.

Cobalt's rule 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."
From doug_r and cobalt123, here.

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