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Friendly Friday Challenge – Close Examination

Forestwood

Explore the finer details of your photos through Close Examination.

Use Macro Mode, Zoom in, (a little), or crop afterwards to take macro and close-up photographs.

beard of a schnauzer dog
They are not called Schnauzers for nothing. ‘Schnauze’ means muzzle in German.

This photo was a little too close for comfort.

geiser Iceland
Waited for a while to capture this one

Photographic Tips – Improving your Macro Photography

  • Check the composition of your photo
  • Take multiple shots
  • Use Manual mode or focus if you can
  • Stabilize your camera as much as possible – (a tripod or solid base helps)
  • Move the subject, not the camera
  • Try adding the effect of different backgrounds
  • Check your depth of field for focusing

I got a bit fancy with the Canva templates, but the close-up, above, of the little mushrooms, were very worthwhile to highlight. So delicate sitting atop their thin stalks, they appeared to defy gravity.

And now for a slideshow of flowers:-

  • Snow pea insect
  • cape gooseberry in paper case
  • Tassie Tulips
  • burst of colour

I added a frame around the pumpkin leaves. It may have been edited with Snapseed, but it is from my archives, so I can’t be sure. I do like the way you can see the furry hairs on the pumpkin leaves. Glaucous is the botanic name for hairy leaves, I think.

Pumpkin leaves in macro
It is all about the detail

“Taking pictures is savouring life intensely

every hundredth of a second.”

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Friendly Friday Photo Challenge – Close Examination Prompt

Now it is your turn to write a Friendly Friday post with the theme, “Close Examination.”

Don’t forget to tag your post and link with a pingback here, so all readers can find your post.

Sandy, will have another great prompt for you next week.

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Published by Forestwood

A philosophic Aussie writes here at StPA, one who will readily admit to loving Scandinavia. I'm interested in global politics and what drives us to be who we are. Scratch the surface and you'll find a practical Environmentalist with an egalitarian bent, trying to unleash a little creativity via the written word. Scandinavian culture, literature and traditions are close to my heart, even though I'm Australian. Travel and courteous discussions greatly broaden the mind, so I travel if I can and am always up for a vigorous, respectful discussion. I'm an avid reader, a writer and I enjoy photography and crafts, particularly traditional art forms. I hope you'll find 'Something to Ponder About,' in my WordPress Community.

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    1. We both are suckers for our beatiful dogs. This one belongs to my daughter, as she is living with us atm, therefore, I get to see her every day. She is so playful, it brings joy to the house! Have you decided to continue blogging or not?

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      2. Excellent. May I clarify? Is that because we are indoors more and restricted in our movements? Or because of the blogging community?

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    1. It looks like a giant wave, doesn’t it. It is actually the geyser in Iceland that erupts every 20 minutes. That is how I got the shot. I had to wait to capture it.

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  26. The geyser shot is just wow! I can feel the power of the gushing water. The chrysanthemum in the first photo is also beautiful. They look like whipping cream 🙂

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    1. Thank you, Len! The geyser did erupt with gusto. I took one photo a second too early then quickly took this one. Surprisingly, it seemed to capture it really well. The Japanese seem to be able to grow ginormous Chrysanthemums. It must be all the rain at the Shinto temples! They do look like cream. I hadn’t noticed that before.

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    1. Hi Graham, Thank you for joining in on Friendly Friday. Yes, that is the Geyser that erupts frequently. Every 20 minutes or so in Thingvellir National Park in Iceland. I find it fascinating that a geological phenomenon can be so predictable, where all other activity – earthquakes, volcanoes etc is random.
      Have you been to either Yellowstone or Iceland?

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  35. Thank you for this opportunity to think about close-ups and various ways to achieve this. My favourite capture of yours is the pencil shavings – it took me a very close look to figure out what they were; initially they looked like something very interestingly abtract.

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    1. Do you know, Ju-Lyn, I thought that photo was candle wax. It is an old photo, so I am not sure now exactly what it is. You say pencil shavings and you could be right. I have described it as “pink macro.” So that doesn’t confirm anything.

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  38. Another wonderful post and a great collection, Amanda. I don’t know which photograph I liked the most!! Probably the adorable pup in the beginning:) And the one at the end…are those shaved wax? I remember doing a thing with candles once …I had a peeler with somewhat curvy blade and I had done this ‘experiment’ to see what type of was strips I could get if I used that peeler! I am trying hard to remember what may have prompted me to do such a strange thing but memory fails me at the moment. Here’s my link for the week-https://acacophonouslife.wordpress.com/2020/08/06/friendly-friday-challenge-close-examination/

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    1. Hi Moon! Would you have been making beeswax wraps with the shaved wax? or a candle out of remnants of another candle? The funny thing is I can’t remember what I was doing with the shaved wax either as it was a few years ago that I took this photo. Great to see you contributing to Friendly Fridays.

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