MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST with prizes

Sherri Hamilton 27 Jul 2007

I love doing Macro, I have a wide lens w/ macro, and have really enjoyed using it this summer when I have the time. Flowers have been a problem, we did not have any rain for 6 weeks, even with watering from a hose, the flowers just didn't put on a show like they always do. Oh well another year.

Sherri

Pat Abbott 27 Jul 2007

Bianca, I am going away for a few days and will not have a computer to cast my vote. I sent you an email but not sure if you will receive it, so I will put my choice here too.

I vote for Paul Robert's Poppy macro.

And a few suggestions for upcoming contests:

Silhouettes

Sunsets

Head Shots - Wildlife

Still life

Shadows and Light

Have a great weekend everyone!

K L Marsala 27 Jul 2007

all i can say (even though im not a voter) is barbara stocks photo macro shot of a bee covered in pollen is my pick hands down! wow!

Amanda Tucker 27 Jul 2007

This is one of my fav pics I ever took! I took it in the Umlaf sculture garden in austin.

Markos Berndt 27 Jul 2007

"Broken"

A flower I picked and was photographing, it was left over night... wilted and broken.

joan warburton 27 Jul 2007

Bianca, how do we know which ones were taken with a macro lense?

bianca 28 Jul 2007

Joan......I been photographer for 30 years and i do know what is macro...:)If you take close up photo (no macro lens)....photo will NEVER BE FULL FRAME IN FOCUS...You can only come so close to keep focus...and then u will not have it full frame ...it will be distant photo...that is one of the factors to begin with...but there is more to it...:)If i take any lens that is not macro and try to get close to the flower to have a large flower in full frame then flower will be blurry.....That will automaticaly be noticable...If you look at my BUTTERFLIES you will see macro work....

bianca 28 Jul 2007

Once again beautiful submissions...wow....THANK U EVERYONE....

REMINDER!!! Please do not cast your votes in HERE....I will post tonight HOW TO VOTE ....it will be posted here and in my PORTOFOLIO....aprox around or before MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.....

Keep them coming.......I will be back tomorrow...off to work...

bianca 28 Jul 2007

PREP for VOTING

SUE KREAMER perfect example of MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY.....details are very visible...and that is what is macro photography is all about.....with macro we get into the heart of the subject:)mainly used for insects that are small to bring them out and large or get into the heart of the flower:) Jan de Hoog perfect example of MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY...that is very small insect in nature brought before your eyes with details...

When voting keep this in mind.....Unfortunately there is some works here that do not qualify for this contest and will be disqualified and your vote will be discarded.....Misconception and misintepretation of MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY is misunderstood......at large.......Please vote for work not because it is your friend :)MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY contest is hardest of them all.....just because its not easy to determind what is macro due to misconcept about macro photography :)I have given you couple EXAMPLES with this mind start voting AFTER MIDNIGHT tonight..

Have A look at DEAN JOHNSON photo of the insect.....THAT IS WHAT TRUE MACRO IS.....Just to highlight you when i will look at the votes and if his photo has 1 vote but someone else's photo that is not macro has 3.....HE WILL BE WINNER....that is just a tip how i will judge the votes....:)

Macro photography is my favorite photography and i have expertee in it...as u can see in my portofolio...the reason i put up this contest :)

If we are short of the votes and votes are aimed at photos that will be disqualified i will extend time for voting until we have 3 winners....

With examples above.......this will give you idea what i am looking for and what i will judge as MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY....GOODLUCK ALL

bianca 28 Jul 2007

VOTING:

1.Dont vote for FRIEND vote for proper macro photo

2.Close up photos will not be considered as MACRO and votes will be discarded and moved to next

3.All votes are confidential

4.If we dont get 3 TRUE MACRO WINNERS within a time frame I will extend time till we get 3 winners

5.NO VOTING in forums....send your votes to [email protected] with subject line VOTE

6.My judgment will be final on what is macro and not macro

PLEASE NOTE: This is private enterprise contest and it is not associated with Aw in any shape or form..AW is not part of the prizes given...only the host of this topic...

GOODLUCK EVERYONE!!!vOTE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT est

Markos Berndt 28 Jul 2007

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macro_photography

Dina Sierra 28 Jul 2007

This is my entry for the Macro Photography Contest...

S Marsden 28 Jul 2007

Hi Bianca, here is my entry for the current contest ("Faded Beauty"). Thanks for hosting it--it is a delight seeing all the beautiful pics and sharing artwork. Good luck everyone! Cheers, Suzanne.