Experimenting with Macro – is this it?
We’re really lucky in our current abode to not only have a beautiful Frangipani tree, but to also have some Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia) flowers in the front yard. From time to time I wander out onto the porch and muck around with taking photos of them, working on exposure and aperture settings.I like to think that I’ve collected some macro shots in my Training Photos album: +----------------+ | Frangipane (1) | +================+ | .. image:: http://www.jmcpdotcom.com/gallery2/main.php/v/jmcp/Photo_Training/20070112_161410__MG_2221.jpg.html
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What do you think? Are these photos truly macro or am I misunderstanding the definition? If you don’t think I’m getting the concept, please leave a comment so I can be enlightened.While I’m thinking about it, I discovered this evening that ImageMagick (a tool which I’ve been using for an awfully long time) can convert Adobe Photoshop PSD files directly to JPEGs. I’m using Photoshop because it has integrated support for the Canon RAW format and while The Gimp can make use of the DC-Raw utility…. it just doesn’t feel quite as seamless and easy to use. So, Adobe – if you’re listening to your customers – I would happily pay you the full retail price for Photoshop Creative Suite (2, 3 or later) if I could have it run natively on Solaris/x64. I doubt that I am the only person who would front up with the dough either.`Technorati`_ tags: topic:{Technorati}[Macro Photography], topic:{Technorati}[Canon], topic:{Technorati}[EOS 400D], topic:{Technorati}[Frangipani], topic:{Technorati}[Strelitzia]