Photo1Q4.33: Macro Magic

Lens reversal, taken in class, photo of Noah's eye

True macro lens, taken in class, photo of dice

Macro mode/setting, taken at home, photo of RAM

Free choice 1 (true macro lens), taken in class, photo of $5 bill

Free choice 2 (macro mode/setting), taken at home, photo of fur hat

The objects in which I attempted to photograph definitely ranged in size, though I would've liked to photograph much more complex and contrasted objects instead of the ones I selected because of their dull textures (and it shows through the final images selected for each category). Thus, finding the sweet spot for each of the images proved to be quite difficult since the textures were quite dull. I took risk in doing this, and unfortunately did not pay off too well.

The most difficult part of photographing macro objects probably is the selection of objects. There are particular objects that will look amazing under a macro lens, especially objects that don't reflect too much light and has a lot of little parts to it. Eyes, certain flowers, certain living things, dollar bills; all of these objects are "crisp". They have a certain sharpness to them. Some of the objects I used don't look so great under a macro lens or using macro methods (fur, arguably the dices too) because they're too "perfect" to have contrasting lines and such.

Of the three methods, I felt that a true macro lens far exceeds the level that the other two methods could reach, and thus was able to contribute better to this assignment. This is simply because the lens is legitimately dedicated to macro photography, and all of the little quirks of the other methods are essentially removed.