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marcinklysewicz · 05-05-2008, 23:02

when you show actors face in movie it's a close up, when you show his eye (just one) it's macro. but when you go for macro photography definition to wikipedia (for example) they mix those words together so you could use them both for same meaning. i don't like using close up for what i do. it's macro photography - all about very small objects in their full details.

some examples

close up

macro

but i still call the first one macro. don't ask me why. maybe it's because this flower is still very small.

another example

close up 2
http://www.klysewicz.co.uk/images/ph...aynox_3760.jpg

macro 2

again i'll say both are macro - background is not important. i would say that first one could be treated as close up but with more details around. like here

close up 3 - proper one in my opinion

but i'm not a specialist

i'm wondering what others will say.

05-05-2008, 23:02	#4 (permalink)
marcinklysewicz Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Sturminster Newton Posts: 690	Re: Close up/marco crops when you show actors face in movie it's a close up, when you show his eye (just one) it's macro. but when you go for macro photography definition to wikipedia (for example) they mix those words together so you could use them both for same meaning. i don't like using close up for what i do. it's macro photography - all about very small objects in their full details. some examples close up macro but i still call the first one macro. don't ask me why. maybe it's because this flower is still very small. another example close up 2 http://www.klysewicz.co.uk/images/ph...aynox_3760.jpg macro 2 again i'll say both are macro - background is not important. i would say that first one could be treated as close up but with more details around. like here close up 3 - proper one in my opinion but i'm not a specialist i'm wondering what others will say. __________________ my website - photography and music. macro photography tutorial Last edited by Sonsey : 06-05-2008 at 15:44. Reason: 1 shot was over the 300kb pic size limit.