February contest: Macro.

Are you ready for a new contest?
To continue with the monthly contest,
the photography category which will be spotlighted for the entire
month this February will be Macro.
If you entered January's contest, know that the winners will
be announced in the middle of the month!

• Macro, as in deviantART's section: www.deviantart.com/browse/all/…. This includes macro photos of nature, human and objects/other.  Some examples are:

  

• Check out the group's gallery and get inspired! crphotography.deviantart.com/g…

• You can check out these useful journals with tips to introduce you to Macro photography: 

Macro-PhotographyWhat's Macro Photography? Technically a Macro photograph shows a subject that is life size compared to the size of the negative of a SLR or sensor in a Full Frame DSLR, that's a 1:1 reproduction ratio aspect. For example, if we take a macro of an object wich is 35 mm long, it will cover the whole frame, no matter what size the reproduction, if we are shooting with a Full Frame camera. Often a ratio aspect of 1:2 is also considered Macro, although that ratio shows subjects wich life size is half of the size compared to the negative or sensor, I preffer to call those pictures Close-up photograpies.Here is an example of what I'm saying: ...  Macro Photography: NatureThere are a few sub-categories of Macro Photography here on deviantART and throughout this week :devmarcosrodriguez: and myself will talk you through some of them. Firstly we’ll start with Macro –Nature, which is probably the most straightforward of the three and can be found here. Don’t be afraid of categorising your work. It can quite likely fit into two categories particularly if it has a nature focus as we also have the Animals, Plants and Nature galleries. But if Macro as a technique was used to capture your image, then it’s probably best to slot it into a sub-gallery of Macro to get it the best exposure here on deviantART. R...  Macro Human: Shooting Right in the Eye!This blog will particularly help those hoping to take a Macro Eye photograph for this weeks mini contest! Hopefully the title caught your attention...anyway...Macro photography can be challenging at the best times. So it's even more difficult to photograph an eye (watery e.t.c) least of all your own. As photographers, most of us are obsessed with eyes. We endlessly try to capture eyes at their sharpest in portraiture photographs, so starting with the basics (just capturing the eye) can help us get to grips with the fundamentals of Eye photography. There are many photoshop actions and brushes out there designed to make the 'eyes' pop - but ... 

Ten Macro Photography TipsMacro photography is photography magnified. It is generally recognized as “macro” when you are increasing the size of an object in your picture from about half life-size, as represented on the image sensor, to five times life-size. Here are some top tips for capturing great Macro Photography. If you have any to add please leave them in the comments below the article! 1) Lens choice... Many lens choices have that very tempting 'Macro setting' on them which supposedly allows your camera to magically transform itself into the ability to be a complete perfect macro lens. It works sometimes! Depending on your camera. However if you want to...  The essentials of Macro photography.Hi, deviants! This week is Community week, and I am giving my best to introduce some essential tips concerning macro photography. But first of all: What is macro photography? Macro photography - what is it about? Wikipedia tells us things like " extreme close-up photography , usually of very small subjects, in which the size of the subject in the photograph is greater than life size" (Source: Wikipedia.org ) But is that really all that matters? It is a common fact that many people believe that macro photography is photography which refers to life size, which means 1:1. The object is the same size on your sensor/film it is in real life. ...  How to improve your skills in close-up-photographySince many people asked me how I take my pictures and why they are so "special", I would like to tell you how I manage things when I take pictures. I.   Finding the location When I go outside to take pictures of nature, I do barely have any concepts in my mind. I just go and let nature inspire me. The first important step is finding a location. It is not that difficult to find an interesting background. I personally do prefer backgrounds which are not monochrome. Many shades of light (light and dark contrasts or different colors) make your picture interesting, no matter if the final result will be monochrome or colorful in the end. I look...

• Submit your entry by clicking on "Suggest a Fave" in the monthly contest favourites collection HERE: crphotography.deviantart.com/f…
  

• Only 1 entry per person!

• It must be a NEW photo TAKEN and submited in February 2015. This is really important. Be sure your data and hour camera settings are correct.

• We would appreciate it if you mention in the artist's comments that it is an entry for the CRPhotography contest!

• DEADLINE is: Saturday 28th February at 3pm PST (11pm GMT). Then the admins of the group will judge the entries and we'll let you know who the winners are with another journal entry in the following month.

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