Thread: Macro Fun (share from my blog)

I just shared this on my blog, but wanted to share here too. I wish I had more time to play with my converter. Definitely want to try the water drops, as I love Jennifer's shots.

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I got a cool macro lens converter back in November, but haven't spent much time playing with it. During the snow we got at the end of January, I decided to take it out to see if I could photograph snowflakes. Well, the snow we had was small and melted almost on contact, so I didn't end up with much.



This was the closest I got to capturing a unique snowflake. We haven't had great snow to capture individual flakes. The screen here is a window screen, so that gives you an idea of how small these flakes are. I hope to have another chance before we're done with snow for this winter.



I found a neat icicle though (this was pretty tiny, I love that the macro converter let me get the details of the bubbles in the ice)




I gave up on trying to get more snow, and brought the camera inside. Then I really had some fun!

This is a neat blanket that I have hanging over my sewing chair. I really love how the colors show up in this close up.


A ribbon on the ornament my daughter made in preschool


Jack's Lightning McQueen (Matchbox size) - I have a few more pictures of his car, and in taking these, I discovered that the tires all say "Lightyear". I love how Pixar shares details between their movies. (I had to sneak his car away to photograph it, he kept taking it from me as I was trying to capture it)


Andrew let me turn the camera on him (a very rare thing indeed), and I captured his eye and lashes. That was the most fun I had with my macro time. I know I shared his eye on this blog already, but it also belongs here. Besides, it's cool enough to share twice.

Gwen! Holy cow have you adanced since the last time I was on here. The photos are amazing!!! I love the icicle one and that Andrew sat still for that pic. Great job!!!

Love these Gwen! The icicle is really cool and I'm jealous of the eye shot. Dani will not hold still long enough, and Jaxon keeps reaching for the lens when I get close to him. Sigh.
The detail is amazing

These are great. I love love love the eye pic. Eyes are just so beautiful when seen up close.
I hope someday my LO will stay still long enough to take a picture of her eye(s). They turned out to be a really interesting hazel and I just can't seem to capture it in photos.


Newbie question: what is a Macro Converter? Is it an attachment for a regular lens or is it something added to an already Macro lens?

These are great! I really love the eye pics. And how neat that the tires say "Lightyear"!

I love them all! But the eye shots are so fantastic! My DD has really unusual eyes and I long to do a shot like that -- these shots are just so beautiful!!

I also really like the texture and colours of the blanket shot.

I laughed about the Lightning McQueen shot, because I have been trying to do something like that with one of my kid's trucks, and have produced nothing nearly so great. This is a really neat shot. Perfect angle and everything.

Beautiful eye shot And I love the bubbles in the icicle too. Just lovely!