said yesterday (and I completely agree with her), with it we can look closer and see things that we would not see if we were looking at the whole scene. We begin to notice the details.A macro lens is a wonderful thing. As @sjarvie5
For example, we can look directly into the eyes of a small (several centimeters long) clownfish. We can even try to count its tiny teeth :) Yes, in this photo the focus is on the eyes, so the teeth are not so clearly visible, but we can focus on them if we want. In fact, I even have a second portrait photo of a fish where I did just that, but I'm not happy with how I was able to process it, so I chose this one for the post.
And the whole scene looks something like this. This is also nice and interesting, but still today I prefer the close-up view. Sometimes I regret that I use a macro lens too rarely :)
It's better to watch the photo in high resolution.
OLYMPUS E-M5 Mark II
Exposure time: 1/250 sec
Aperture: F 2.8
Sensitivity: ISO 200
Focal length: 60 mm
35 mm equivalent: 120 mm
You can also see my photos in my blog LJ and in my profile on NatGeo. You can read a short interview with me here.
Correct! macro lenses provide space for every human eye to clearly see every small object that is not reachable with normal vision. Thank you for sharing this interesting information.
That's right. Thank you for watching! :)
Hi Denis, Thanks for showing us this wonderful close up and detail of the clown fish. Amazing.
Hi Sara! Thank you. I like these fish, they are always so bright and active :)
well, I told you that before too :)))
glad you started enjoying / exploring this field
Oh yes, I remember how we discussed it :) You have a lot of such cool photos, but I still rarely take a macro lens. On land, I always want to shoot something bigger, and I'm glad I at least took this lens underwater a few times :)
underwater macros... coral polyps.. ummm! sea flowers. might be fantastic - especially for non-moving objects.
All this is charming, I completely agree. But almost everything moves under water, including the man with the camera. Only rocks or hard corals can be considered non-moving. But I still try to do my best :)
thats why underwater macro would be totally challenging thing! imo. never tried myself . I wish you a great luck!!
Thanks! Maybe you will try diving too one day?)
I myself would probably begin to focus on the textures of limestone, overgrown with various and small immobile life forms, and creatures hiding between the branches of corals - to catch eye contact with them, waiting for you to swim further on your way. but this is so, an academic estimate no more.
Это лучше бы вышло, если погружаться самому по себе, а не с группой, которая идёт вперёд и не рада будет долго ждать) Мы пока что так делали всего пару раз в подмосковных водоёмах. Фотоохотились на щуку в зарослях, не с макро)
Это очень понятно, та же ситуация будет и без погружения, испытал на своей шкуре неоднократно. Группа идет вперёд, ты нашел какой то объект, но позволить себе задержаться у него на то чтобы сделать 20 кадров.... -- на самом деле, не можешь. Тем более что такой объект не один. Поэтому макро, это для прогулок соло...
Manual selection by @qwerrie.
Thank you!