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*****MACRO FAQs & Resources*****

Journal Entry: Sun Nov 30, 2008, 9:40 PM


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November 30th , 2008




:star: Macro Photography Contest : Nature 2008 :star:

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




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

( ... will be continued)

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 !




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All rights reserved. My work may not be reproduced, copied, edited, published, transmitted or uploaded in any way without my written permission. My work does not belong to the public domain.







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=evile33:iconevile33: Jan 29, 2008, 6:14:47 PM
This just made me tingle all over :giggle: Hurray for making the macro gallery a truly beautiful place to show off such an amazing array of Skill, Talent and Beauty. :clap:

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*cycoze:iconcycoze: Jan 29, 2008, 6:17:32 PM
I'm gonna get my macro lens out !

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`Tepara:iconTepara: Jan 29, 2008, 6:19:09 PM
Woo, I thought you were already pretty "hard" on that gallery lol..

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~KaiserTwig:iconKaiserTwig: Jan 29, 2008, 6:26:02 PM
I'm actually considering getting into this group, the new digital Rebel looks real appealing and inexpensive, and I think I can get a basic macro lens pretty cheap. Now to find that cursed tripod...

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`hellfirediva:iconhellfirediva: Jan 29, 2008, 6:33:37 PM
I swear I wanna move 90% into the trash !

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`hellfirediva:iconhellfirediva: Jan 29, 2008, 6:42:36 PM
yeah yeah you tingle and I have a whip ;p

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`hellfirediva:iconhellfirediva: Jan 29, 2008, 6:42:44 PM
you better ;p

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`hellfirediva:iconhellfirediva: Jan 29, 2008, 6:43:44 PM
Have fun :D

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*deviousmoose:icondeviousmoose: Jan 29, 2008, 6:50:55 PM
Damn.... didnt know you were into whips! ;-)
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`hellfirediva:iconhellfirediva: Jan 29, 2008, 6:59:21 PM
Macro whips ;p

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