photo competition (macro)
 

I am thinking of running a photo competition
For closeup or people with digital cameras (macro) mode
here is two i took in the railway pub yesterday.
There will be a prize as usual but was just wondering if members would enter this one as its a bit unusual ?

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What a good picture of my five pence piece, erm, when am I going to get it back?
:(

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Oh i thought that was your donation to accyweb less :) and was going to change your settings but never mind you can have it back sometime.

OH no i have just been told that the payment for the servers are due and Roy is 5p short so if accyweb goes down everyone can blame less.:D:D

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Mick would something like these two pics be acceptable?

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yep fine
if enough members want to do this i will set it up.
but all photos must be taken in macro mode not just zoom close up
we have already had a competition "close up " but that included zoomed in photos this one is for macro only
its just a thought and something different if nobody wants to do this then it does not matter.

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I'd have a go Mick.

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I'm up for it, TBH though I'd let people use zoom and crop as well, how you going to know without them including the exif info - even that can be falsified, and most compacts can't achieve a true 1:1 macro, it's only a gimmic on most of them to let you focus a bit nearer
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Would help if I knew what Macro mode meant ... :confused:

Close up shots to most people, heres a Wiki to explain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macro_photography

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I'm not sure that either of those photo's was taken in Macro mode......the focal distance on the picture of the bee(according to the exif data) is 75.2 mm....enlighten me please...does this count as Macro mode?

I know my camera does have a Macro setting.......but not sure if I used it in this shot.
When i took this picture I had only had the camera a couple of weeks and was still getting friends with it.

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These two were definitely done in Macro mode.

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Heres one I took yesterday.
Retlaw.

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What icon is for macro on a sony??? anyone know??

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You usually have three icons, a flower, a face and a mountain - Macro, portrait, landscape<br />
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Edit - Just Googled an image for you http://blogs.diynetwork.com/diy/the_whole_picture/Macro_icon.jpg

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Looks good, any chance of details and perhaps an idea of scale? (only because I'm curious). :)

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I'm up for some macro work as well :D

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Found it thanks :D it even says it on my screen when I press it, just never really messed with it, just took photos lol

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Its six inches square and embossed into leather.
The writing says.
His Majesty King William the IV
To his dutiful subject & servant John Singleton. Lord Lyndhurst. AD 1831.

King Billy ascended the throne in 1830 and Lybndhurst was his Chancellor.

Retlaw.

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Ive worked out how to do the macro thingy.... now to find something interesting to take a pic of....

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Thats the thing im struggling with, nowt interesting round here lol

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we have already had a closeup one where we allowed zoom this is macro only.
If members want to cheat for a small prize then thats upto them.
as there seams a few interested in this i will set it up on Monday
will put it as a special competition .

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so will the rules be that the pic must be taken using macro mode on your camera or that it must be 'proper' macro (like ksh said)

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Just macro on your camera will do
its just a bit of fun, and to get a lot of digital camera users to take it off the auto setting and have a bit of a play with there camera.
ITS NOT that serious

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Found it on my camera Mick .. the flower icon, but not really close up shots .. rubbish or what ? and the blooming battery flasher turns it off automatically before I can aim it at the subject, even though new batteries:confused: :(

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Yes, Mick that is how I found Macro on my camera......I was playing around with it.
I am going to have to do more of that.......playing around, I mean :D

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Kate, it looks good from a distance :)

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Out of focus though, should have re-sized it first methinks... just not the pictures like Mick took in his first post .. flies eyes and things .. lol.

P.S. .. Are you supposed to bring your camera up close to the target ?

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Er yes
when less was taking the same photo as the ones i took he nearly crushed the subject he was that close :D
He nearly had a close up of a squashed daddy long legs :D

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Hummph .. bet he was one of those kids that took delight in Daddy Long Legs amputations ... :D

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Big bug on Zack's leg.

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Mick as usual was being a little over-protective because he knows that I am a sensitive sort of guy, he didn't want to mention the fact that I did get a little too close to the Daddy long legs I was in tears for almost a full milli-second.

I was going to start a thread in Hints tips & advice but now the subject has been brought up.

Can anyone advise how to remove dried and encrusted insect remains from the lens of a camera without scratching it?
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Blow it off Less :D

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Done in Macro mode on an old Nikon S5700 (not our pro gear). As macro as it gets, unfortunately - not a particularly friendly camera.

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More friendly than mine Studio .. great picture.