Let me say that I'm honored to win the last contest. I got my first SLR a couple months ago and it has been an exciting and humbling experience learning about photography. It's nice to know that there's at least a few keepers amongst most of the junk that I shoot.

The theme for this MPC is macro. Get up close and personal with something small. I won't be deducting points for images that don't meet the exact 1:1 or greater level of magnification, but things still should feel like they fit the theme. Have fun with it, I'm looking forward to seeing what folks come up with.

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Now with "inspiration" pictures.
Taken with a canon 18-55 kit lens:

Taken with a P&S:

RULES:
1. Photos must be taken within the time period of the contest.
2. You may submit 3 photos during the competition.
3. The contest moderator will choose 5 photos to be voted on.
4. The winner will get a happy feeling in his/her pants. (That is a rule by the way, not an option.)
5. In the event of a tie, the contest moderator will have the deciding vote.
6. Winner will be the contest starter/moderator for the next comp.
7. The winner has 3 days to start a new contest or 2nd place becomes the new winner.

Previous contests:

MPC #94 Framed
MPC #93 October
MPC #92 White Line
MPC #91 Harvest
MPC #90 Where you live
MPC #89 Geological
MPC #88 Big Machinery
MPC #87 Hot/Heat
MPC #86 Stress Relief
MPC #85 Dirty
MPC #84 Transportation
MPC #83 Of Yourself, By Yourself, In Context
MPC# 82 Long Exposure: Urban Edition
MPC #81 Old School
MPC #80 Energy
MPC #79 Need
MPC #78 Weather
MPC #77 Action Sports
MPC #76 Stress
MPC #75 Anticipation
MPC #74 Foliage
MPC #73 Unreal
MPC #72 Speed
MPC #70 Old Technology
MPC #69 Plan B
MPC #68 Atmosphere POLL
MPC #67 Plants
MPC #66 Patterns
MPC #65 Weathered
MPC #64 WINNING
MPC #63 The End
MPC #62 Food
MPC #61 Seeing Double
MPC #60 Normal
MPC #59 Tranquility
MPC #58 Silhouette
MPC #57 Waiting
MPC #56 Night
MPC #55 Fire
MPC #54 Wheels
MPC #53 Small Sensors
MPC #52 Blur
MPC #51 Found Faces
MPC #50 Portraits
MPC #49 Panoramic
MPC #48 Light & Shadow
MPC #47 Timing
MPC #46 Coffee & Beer
MPC #45 Community
MPC #44 Potential
MPC #43 Solitude
MPC #42 Holidays
MPC #41 Ominous
MPC #40 Imbalance
MPC #39 Transition
MPC #38 Unsightly
MPC #37 Self Portrait
MPC #36 Music
MPC #35 Summer
MPC #34 Passion
MPC #33 Home
MPC #32 Electricity
MPC #31 Bridges
MPC #30 Old & New
MPC #29 BW
MPC #28 Winter
MPC #27 HDR
MPC #26 Shadows
MPC #25 Circles
MPC #24 Bars
MPC #23 People
MPC #22 Architecture
MPC #21 Wild Beasts
MPC #20 Water
MPC #19 Bulb
MPC #18 Celebration
MPC #17 Sunrise & Sunset
MPC #16 Out of Place
MPC #15 Altered
MPC #14 Angles
MPC #13 Pain & Suffering
MPC #12 Unusual Perspective
MPC #11 Depth
MPC #10 Contrast
MPC #9 Festive
MPC #8 Reflection
MPC #7 Leading Lines
MPC #6 Minimal
MPC #5 Abandoned
MPC #4 Perspective
MPC #3 Airborne
MPC #2 Straylight
MPC #1 Motion

I don't have a true 1:1 macro lens, but I have the Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 that's somewhat close. Here's my first attempt:

Yeah, don't get too hung up on the term "Macro" or let the lack of a true macro lens stop anyone from submitting. Perhaps I could have titled a bit differently, but "small things up close" sounded a bit unwieldy.

Originally Posted by geomorph

Yeah, don't get too hung up on the term "Macro" or let the lack of a true macro lens stop anyone from submitting. Perhaps I could have titled a bit differently, but "small things up close" sounded a bit unwieldy.

And it might have lead to Systemoverblow'd to submit personal pics of something in his pants that no one wants to see .

There are plenty of threads to fuckup in the padded room. no need to do it in this forum.

Here's one... maybe you can go in there and make fun of people who like eating apples or something.

Funny, I thought he was making somewhat legit tattoo photo suggestion..

NEways, interesting topic. I've dropped the ball on shooting for the last few but this one I can do at home so there's no excuse. Looking forward to it!

I'll play again.
I like this theme.
Spent the afternoon at the velodrome with the kids.

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Originally Posted by geomorph

Yeah, don't get too hung up on the term "Macro" or let the lack of a true macro lens stop anyone from submitting. Perhaps I could have titled a bit differently, but "small things up close" sounded a bit unwieldy.

I may have to humbly retract my first entry.
Loose interpretation of "small"
I was more thinking of "up close"

Leave it in. At this rate you've got a good chance of making the cut.

So up-close shots are valid entries? I've got one to share but it only fits squarely in that category...

The theme is open to interpretation. Perhaps I should have given a bit more guidance at the start? Here's the opening paragraph of macro photography's entry on Wikipedia

Macro photography (or photomacrography or macrography, and sometimes macrophotography) is extreme close-up photography, usually of very small subjects, in which the size of the subject in the photograph is greater than life size (though macrophotography technically refers to the art of making very large photographs). By some definitions, a macro photograph is one in which the size of the subject on the negative or image sensor is life size or greater. However in other uses it refers to a finished photograph of a subject at greater than life size.

LOL...Thanks.

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Gettin trippy with the xmas tree

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My contribution:

Crazy diamond:




Journey:




Heart exploded:

Been trying to think of something different for this one. My dad gave me a box of old cameras that he's been hoarding away for quite some time. These have been passed down for many years and while I don't intend on using them, I think they are very cool.

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Wildflowers in the Jungle

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