Macro

Macro

This is expressed as a reproduction ratio of 1x or 1:1.  

This life-size "reproduction ratio" should not be confused with lens magnification.

Macro lenses come in a variety of focal lengths.  

A close-up attachment will allow closer focusing distances, but at some degradation (loss) in image quality.

Macro Experiments

  

To capture these images I used studio lighting and a studio camera with a macro lens. The macro lens is used to get close up focussed images. I used eyes when photographing with the macro lens, I think photographing eyes is good when it comes to using the macro lens because it shows the eye in great detail which cannot be captured on a normal lens. These images turned out well because both of the eyes are in focus and we can see a lot of detail in them. If I was going to improve these images more I could've captured other peoples eyes because these two are quite similar in the sense of their skin colour and eye colour, I could use a wider range of people to photograph their eyes.

  

To capture these images of the leaves I used the same equipment as I did in the images of the eyes. The macro lens worked well with these leaves because the veins are very visible and the sharpness that has been captured cannot be captured with a normal lens. The only thing I could improve on these images is the placement of the leaf, I could've placed the leaf or got someone to hold the leaf in a different way so that there was more or less visible with more detail. I could've also photographed different plants and flowers which would further the experiment of this technique as more colours would've been used.

In my final work I could experiment with the macro technique but because it is more studio based I am not expecting to produce a lot of images with that technique. I am planning on shooting outside rather than in a studio but I could experiment with the macro lens slightly.