First we give you our bestmacro picture taking confidential information , then we demand you to divvy up your salutary shot . We welcome century of entries into this Macworld photo competition . Our editorial medical intern narrowed down the pool and then Macworld staff voted on their favorites .
There were only three winners for this contest , but we could n’t stand share some of the other astonishing macro shots we received . Enjoy !
( Share your own macro instruction photos in ourMacworld Macro PhotographyFlickr pool . )
“ The basic musical theme behind the water driblet hit is to have two drops separate by a few millisecond shed into a container of water . The trick is to get the second drop to hit the first drop school principal on as it is rebounding back up out of the water . This produces the splash . The bubble is blown flat on to the water system and go under the water drops , which go flop through the bubble . ”
photographic camera : Canon 5D Mark II
Lens : Canon EF 100 mm f/2.8 macro electron lens
Lights : Two Speedlites with colored gels
Aperture : f/22
vulnerability time:1/2 ( “ The camera ’s shutter is rig to 1/2 a second and the speedlites pretend as the only source of light . At 1/32 might , I ’m beat an efficient shutter speed of about 1/20000 of a second . ” )
“ I append a 20 mm extension tube to a 50 mm lens on my tv camera for this barb of the caterpillar stage of a Tiger Swallowtail butterfly . ”
Aperture : f/11
Exposure time:1/5
“ I was walk the yard as I do a mint in the Summer and Spring to capture some bug macros . It ’s my favorite thing to photograph . They are very curious creatures , peculiarly when you may carry off to get close with the camera . I think they wish seeing their reflexion in the electron lens . This modest spicy Dasher dragonfly was following me . It stayed still long enough for several shots and I was able to get just what I wanted . ”
Camera : Canon XSI
Lens:100 mm macro lens
Aperture : f/9.0
Exposure time:1/200
“ My family and I operate on a salary increase up to Wallace Falls on a rainy sidereal day . I take this photograph by getting as close as possible while check that the rainwater drop did not settle and was still in focus . I used the macro instruction setting on my Sony point - and - shoot . ”
photographic camera : Sony DSC - T200
Aperture : f/3.5
Exposure time:1/100
When I took this photo I was only pore on the bee . I never even necessitate observation of the little Mites that were on the prime with it .
tv camera : Sony SLT - a55v
Lens : Sigma 105 mm Macro Lens
Aperture : f/8
“ This is a close - up image of a grape being strike by a BB at high speed . The exposure clip is roughly 1/20000 second , with a exclusive off - television camera flashgun directly above . ”
Camera : Nikon D90
Aperture : f/18
“ I used a macro lens on my Canon 7D to take this photo of dew on an orchid . I tried to get the mirror image of the other orchid bloom in the drop of water . It was quite difficult to get the correct angle , space , and fire up . ”
Camera : canyon 7D
Aperture : f/9
“ I was sitting in the middle of a meadow on Grandfather Mountain in Linnville North Carolina when I looked over and saw this amazing little germ . So I whipped out my trusty small Canon S95 from my scoop and began a 15 minute photo shoot with the bug . My camera was having trouble focusing on it so I had to switch to manual focus . I was so proud of to see the tack incisive images . What a wonderful camera ! ”
television camera : Canon PowerShot S95
Aperture : f/4
Exposure time:1/640
“ I adopt this figure of a European Paper Wasp ( Polistes dominula ) last class with my Canon 40D. I used a $ 30 homemade macro lens that is just an old Canon FD lens reverse rise on a PVC pipe . There was a wasp nest under my gas grill that I end up snap all summertime ( I did n’t have any grilled burgers last year ) . ”
Camera : Canon 40D
Aperture : f/30
picture time:1/250
“ I bought my married woman a bouquet of efflorescence and , as common , took lots of pictures . This one turned out to be one of my favorites . ”
tv camera : Nikon D70
Aperture : f/32
Exposure time:1/20
Kelsey Coleman took this image of a Gaul at her family ’s cabin alfresco of Memphis on a Sony DSC - W150 .
photographic camera : Sony DSC - W150
vulnerability time:1/80
“ I found this damselfly who was more than felicitous to let me take pictures of him . He sat like a supermodel ( without the flipping of hair ) , moved at times so I could get different position , and , ostensibly , smiled for the tv camera . He was grand ! . To take the photo I get a bit of a length away , gradually moving nearer and closer , trying not to scare the damsel . He let me get around six inches away from him . ”
Lens : Nikkor 105 mm Micro Lens
Aperture : f/14
vulnerability time:1/400
Virginia shoot this photo of a lotus peak in her fishpond in Falls Church , VA with a Canon PowerShot G2 .
