Macro Photography Contest : Nature 2008

updates for the contest are here : [link]

I will update this journal with more links in the next weeks ( I have to go through all my journals to find the informative ones ) Stay tuned !!

This journal will always contain all links to any macro related journals and news articles and to other helpful quick links on dA . So everyone who is submitting to the macro gallery on dA , you should familiarize yourself with the Macro standards and definitions .

A link to this journal will be permanently in the top row of links under my journal header

Macro related LINKS to RESOURCES & FAQs


News article : Welcome to the World of Macro PT 1

News article : Macro Photography - Show the Detail not Visible to the Eye

News Article : Macro Photography - Size Matters !

News Article : AR: Macro Photography Featured Vol. 1

News Article: AR: Macro Photography Featured Vol.2

News Article : AR: Macro Photography Featured Vol.3

News Article : AR : Detail in Macro - MACRO Photography Contest

News Article : AR: Detail in Macro Contest Winners !

Do you know what macro photography is ? Can you tell what is macro and what is not ?

AR - News : Welcome to the World of Macro !

AR-News: Macro Photography I : Introduction

AR News: Macro Photography II : Aspect Ratio / Subjects

AR News: Macro Photography III : Detail not visible to the Eye

AR News: Macro Photography iV : Sensor Size / Aspect Ratio

AR News : Macro Photography V : Exposure : The 3 Elements

AR News : Macro Photography VI : Size Matters !

AR News : Macro Photography VII - Macro Trivia Contest

AR News : Macro & Conceptual Feb.29, 2006

Aperture in Macro Photography I

AR News : Macro Photography VIII

What are Extension Tubes ?

AR - Macro Photography - Back in Business April 22nd 2008

Macro - First Read, then Click ! A reminder !

AR : Macro Photography IX

AR : Macro Photography X

AR : Macro Photography XI

Other News, Journals and Interviews


Conceptual Gallery

AR News - Conceptual Photography i

AR News - Conceptual Photography II

AR News - Conceptual Photography III



Various dA related links

Is there a minimum size requirement for deviations being submitted to the Photography galleries?

Why was my deviation relocated or moved?

AR - Scraps and Quality

A list of all Gallery Directors

How do I submit Artwork?

What do I do when I disapprove of a Daily Deviation feature?

ART in deviantART - Raising the Bar !

Life & Times of a Gallery Director

You do not have to be a Gallery Director to ...



Interviews :

A Photography Inspiration - Roie Galitz

Bruno Pantone - Una Passione per la Fotografia


Other Resources

Useful dA Resources

HellfireDiva Photography FAQs

Q: Can I use your photos for manipulations ?
A: NO , period ! ( you can only use pictures from my stock account ~hellfirediva-stock and only if you give credit)

Q: Can I use your photos as background images for my website or for my CSS (etc) ?
A: NO ! ( see above )

Q: Can I use your photos as a reference to draw a picture ?
A: Yes, but please ask first, give credit and show me the result.

Q: Can I use your photos as a background for my computer ?
A: I have no problem with this, so yes.

Q: How do you take your Bird photos ?
A: You can read a little about it here : [link]

Q: What camera do you use ?
A: A Nikon D200 most of the time, I hardly ever shoot with a film SLR anymore.

Q: What Macro lens / equipment do you use ?
A: A 90mm Tamron 2.8 and a set of Kenko extension tubes.

Q: Are you available for commissions ?
A: Yes.

Q: Is the bokeh in your pictures texture or real ?
A: It is as real as it gets, no texture at all. [link]

Q: What RAW processing do you use ?
A: CS3 & Aperture

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Macro Gallery Description


The definition of macro is capturing an image of a subject the same size or larger than life size on the recording media, whether that be film or digital sensor size. For example if you photograph an insect that is 2 cm (3/4 inch) long, it's image will be 2 cm (3/4 inch)long on the film or digital sensor. The smaller the recording media the smaller the subject must be. Cropping an image does not make a close-up image a macro image.

* Nature : Example for Nature : a Rose bud could be put in the Macro gallery but a Rose Bush belongs in Animals/Plants/Nature -> Flowers/Plants gallery. Macro shots of water drops belong in macro > nature too, because water is an element and part of Nature.

* Human: Example for Human: A picture of one human eye could be put in Macro, but a close up of a face belongs in the People / Portrait gallery under Human Close-ups.

* Objects : Example for Objects : an image of a keyhole in a door could be in macro but a zoom in on a door as part of a building should go in Architecture. Close-ups of figurines or dolls are usually not macro and therefore belong in the Still Life gallery.

In general the subject you photograph should not be larger then 2 cm (3/4 inche). In macro size matters !