Category Macro Challenges

Seeing Beauty in Everyday Objects

Day 13 of the macro challenge and I’m really starting to see the beauty and photographic interest in a number of regular household objects. Take, for example, the humble DVD – by positioning it in it a good source of natural daylight (underside up)…

A Gruesome Image

Day 12 of the macro challenge and I am afraid I have turned a little gruesome in the search for an unusual macro photograph. This image is, in fact, a fracture in a sheep skull. Odd, I know, but I really like…

The Devil is in the Detail

Day 12 of the July 2011 Macro Challenge and I am afraid that I have succumbed to the obvious for a choice of macro photography today – flowers. I have been trying to resist the urge to photograph flowers and plants because…

A closer look at tweed

Another day, another macro challenge (Day 10!). Today I’ve been experimenting with patterns and textures, trying everything from the old wooden beams in our flat to our matt steel stair bannisters. I finally honed in on fabrics and decided to…

Macro astrophotography?

It’s day 7 of the macro photography challenge and I’m embracing the emergent theme of trickery. The more I experiment with the macro lens, the more I uncover images of every day objects which remind me of much greater things.…