With only a few millimeters thick depth of focus, constant movement in the environment, heavy equipment and lack of dedicated macro lens, close-up photography is quite probably the most difficult kind I’ve ever tried. Still, although there are incredible things to explore down there, the biggest challenge of this shoot was simple – rather than technical issues, it was my own ignorance of tiny things. Every photographer has an inner eye that helps him or her choose the scene and compose properly, a sort of sixth sense that tells them what is worthy of being photographed, how to do it and what to expect. Well… with macro, I felt mine simply didn’t work as I’m used to. This post is dedicated to my mom, a very passionate gardener. :-)
But there’s much more to macro than just plants and insects, a whole world worth exploring is in technology, minerals, as well as whatever common items with at least some noticeable detail. :-)
Mind you, this is just a random minimal-effort shoot of objects regularly around me – I imagine it’s possible to take some pretty extraordinary photographs with more dedication and time spent on the shoot.
