some one explain this to me... last I knew 'micro' meant very small and 'macro' meant large....
just to clarify the term a little bit, most of the shots here would be classified as 'close up' rather than macro....true macro has to do with the reproduction ratio of the object in reference to the camera sensor, and macro shots should be 1:1 ratio, meaning the lens is projecting the real life full size onto the camera sensor, which is VERY close up and typically requires a special macro lens that can reproduce things at that size. the term 'micro' is actually used interchangeably depending on the brand....for example nikon labels it's macro lenses as 'micro', but the generally accepted term is macro and what most manufacturers use.....this is just nit picking and really doesn't have any bearing to this thread, but that might help clarify what macro means since there is a bit of confusion about it...
for example, here is a true 1:1 macro image (THESE ARE NOT FOR THE CONTEST, JUST FOR AN EXAMPLE OF TRUE MACRO IMAGING):
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anyone want to take a guess what it is?
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here's a different crop of the same image
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its the business end of a fuel injector:
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that image was shot with a special macro 1:1 lens
here's another 1:1 macro shot, this spider could fit on a penny in real life, this is taken 1:1 with that same macro lens:
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I'll try to grab a real entry image for the contest a little later today and post it up, don't count those pics above as a entry or anything.
