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I Take Macro Images Of Everyday Items To Show What People Don’t See Every Day (34 Pics)
I tried the reversed macro lens way back in 2012 for the first time. Back then, I first photographed things that mostly weren't moving at all or just very little.
Turned out that the world is really interesting when you look at it from a close perspective, even the non-living things. Drops on a DVD disc, bubbles in a water bottle, concrete, electronic components, mechanical instruments... all of that can look very different from normal when you get closer. And a double ratio reversed lens is more than enough for this.
To be honest, I haven't stopped taking macro pictures entirely, especially when it came to colder months of the year when you couldn't find insects and plants alive in nature. Instead, I used artificial objects, which you can photograph anytime at home.
I collected some of the pictures from the last 7-8 years, and hope some of you will be surprised when looking at the details of how some everyday stuff can look from up close.
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#1
Water drops on a DVD disc, exposed to sunlight.
Final score:
124points
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#2
The mini-universe of a shampoo bottle.
Final score:
106points
#3
Plastic jewels on a Christmas decoration.
Final score:
101points
#4
Drops in a water bottle, reversed lens, with the aperture wide open, and sunshine.
Final score:
79points
#5
Miniature city of a broken LCD screen.
Final score:
79points
#7
An RGB LED...but it's actually B-R-G.
Final score:
68points
#8
These are also drops in a water bottle.
Final score:
68points
#9
Tip of a sewing needle.
Final score:
68points
#10
Broken phone screen.
Final score:
66points
#11
Not a real macro: water bottle on direct sunlight, photographed from up-close.
Final score:
55points
#12
This happens if a drop of water gets into your phone's USB connector and simply dries out. It destroyed (oxidated) some of the connector's pins which were soldered to the phone's mainboard - this is the backside of the connector.
Macro can be very useful for documenting electronic repairs, I often use it when I'm repairing stuff.
Final score:
53points
#13
Network - bubbles in a soap bottle.
Final score:
50points
#15
HDD heads on both sides of a disc.
Final score:
45points
#16
Also drops in a bottle, but with flash... I really don't know how the flower pattern got there - can be the reflection of the manufacturer's logo.
Final score:
42points
#19
Fujitsu MBM27C32 EPROM chip. EPROMs are programmable, erasable ROM memories, widely used in the '70s and '80s. They can be erased with UV light, so they have a small glass over the chip itself...
Final score:
36points
#20
Tip of a needle used in electrical testing equipment. It's only a little broader than a sewing needle's head.
Final score:
36points
#23
Beads up-close.
Final score:
32points
#26
Also not a real macro: just a close-up of a lamp with a telephoto lens.
Final score:
30points
Luna Lovegood 3 years ago
I think it's macro. Macro is enlarged and close up. So it's still macro technically!
#27
Broken LCD.
Final score:
29points
#28
Final score:
27points
#30
Final score:
24points
#33
This image was taken with a tandem lens (Canon 18-55 and 70-300 together), which produces very high magnification, but it's very hard to use. Even the traces and components on the chip can be seen. The 4 long things are the wires which are connecting the chip to the output pins of the package.
Final score:
20points
#34
Final score:
18points
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What do you think ?
Csaba Horvath (Post author) 3 years ago
Thanks :) In fact, a lot of things are magical, if you are close enough :D
Load More Replies... Luna Lovegood 3 years ago
Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo freakin cool!
Csaba Horvath (Post author) 3 years ago
Thanks :) In fact, a lot of things are magical, if you are close enough :D
Load More Replies... Luna Lovegood 3 years ago
Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo freakin cool!
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