40 Remarkable Examples of Macro Photography

Peter Sawyer on Nov 15th 2009
I found this image on this site http://photo.tutsplus.com/articles/inspiration/40-remarkable-examples-of-macro-photography/.
I like macro photography. I find blowing up something that you normally not see so big is interesting and draws you to study the image more.
Here is the information for the site.
macro is close-up photography
You can shot macro with almost any camera – most devices tend to have a pre-set macro mode. You can find this on most cameras by searching for the small flower icon. That said, you may often find that the pre-set macro mode is restricting and will not give you professional looking results. This is often seen as "close up" photography rather than macro, as you are not capturing "true macro".

For the best results, you need a specialist macro lens for your SLR and often a proper lighting kit (macro flashgun) to go with it. Macro lenses are purposely designed for sharp images at a short range. They also do double up for portraits quite well.

For more details about shooting macro photography, these tutorials may be useful:

• Learn about macro photography.
• The difference between macro, micro and close-up photography.
• A guide to lenses, extension tubes and more.

I like when macro images become abstract shapes.