My macro photography - Up close and personal

[agt_spooky]

Morning, everyone! Hope you all had a good weekend. I did something very cool on Saturday. Remember back in January when I won the Red Eye photo contest? My prize was a class with the Digital Photo Academy. It took me ages to decide on which one I wanted to take and I finally settled on the advanced macro photography class, which was held on Saturday.

WOW! So cool! I had a fantastic time and learned lots. The instructor, Lou, was wonderful. There were only five students, so he spent a good deal of time with each of us. He showed us how to use extension tubes on our lenses to achieve those extreme close up shots and how to work with lighting and diffusers. The class was eight hours long, with four hours spent shooting and three hour-long critique sessions. Lou's critique of our work was positive even when pointing out things we could improve upon.

Overall I was extremely pleased. This is an area of photography I'm most definitely interested in pursuing. The museum is having another juried art show this summer, and I'm going to concentrate on macro for my entries this time around.

Would you like to see some of the photos I took?  Here's one for starters, and the rest are under the cut.

Enjoy!

 

 

Comments

[sn-24lover.livejournal.com]

WOW!!!
Absolutely Beautiful!!! Breathtaking really!! **hugs**

[coolgrin.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous.

[raloria.livejournal.com]

Very nice, Barb! :D

[borgmama1of5.livejournal.com]

Stunning!

[cadia58.livejournal.com]

That´s so amazing, this macro photography fascinates me every time, those details which we normally don´t pay attention to open a new little world of its own. Next step, sweetie - insects :-)))

Hope you´re okay and happy - have a splendid week!!!
HUGS and KISSES

[deanvica23.livejournal.com]

waouuuuuuuuuuuu magnificent sweetie

[celtprincess13.livejournal.com]

W-O-W! These are so gorgeous! Excellent job, sweetie. So glad you enjoyed the class. Maybe you can share some of what you learned whilst we're in Portland.

[aidanirl.livejournal.com]

holly molly!!!

[violateraindrop]

I love macro photography and your photos are so beautiful <3

[dancetomato.livejournal.com]

These are stunning. Would you mind if I used one or two as a desktop background?

[blogbunneh.livejournal.com]

Those are fab! I wish I had a decent camera to get great macro shots like that!

[jellicle.livejournal.com]

They are perfect! So beautiful and breathtaking and inspiring!
Fabulous job, darling!

[morganslady.livejournal.com]

When I took that photo class,I loved the macro part also,it was so different from anything I'd done before. Question- was the background black or did you do something to the setting to get that? These are awesome pics..

[wilde-moon.livejournal.com]

Those are gorgeous. I think the last one is my favorite. There's a really nice softness to it.

[donelbo.livejournal.com]

Barb, those pics are so beautiful!!!

I'm really glad that you enjoyed your prize ;)!!!

[khek.livejournal.com]

Those are beautiful! I love the last one, because of the way the light is shining through the petals.

Did you have to buy an attachment for the camera, or was it something that the camera already had?

Oh! My computer froze while I was on your page, and when it came back up, I guess I'd clicked on something that took you off my friend list? So I re-added you as soon as I noticed. So if you get notifications about that, you'll know why.

[shadow-walker3.livejournal.com]

Amazing!

And so beautiful. I so want to be able to take pictures like that but I think I lack the funds to buy a camera to do so. LOL

[lausbub0402.livejournal.com]

WOW - stunning pics my dear!
Those are truly amazing. Looks like you used your free photo class very well and you had a lot of fun, too.
I'm sure the next one will be waiting just around the corner, as long as the price for the next contest will be the same again?!
Because there's no doubt you're gonna have at least one winning picture in that contest again ;o) *hugs*

Btw - nice header change - LOL!

[tracys-dream.livejournal.com]

These are very beautiful and so clear.

[smeared-kohl.livejournal.com]

Hon these are beautiful! Especially the ones of the last flower...I love them!

AMAZING

[dantesgirl06.livejournal.com]

The pictures are absolutly amazing. WOW. Great Job.

[maguie.livejournal.com]

wow nice pictures!!

I like a lot the 1,2,4 and the last one.

Did you have to use another camera? or it was the same that you used in your other classes?

[sen1995.livejournal.com]

Stunning, Barb, absolutely stunning. And with just the one class? Amazing.

[moonlit-violets.livejournal.com]

These are fabulous! I'd love to make a few icons with them (giving you credit of course) if that's okay.

Oh, and wouldn't you love to be able to take some macro photos of Jensen? ;)

[hollylyn1217.livejournal.com]

I was just thinking the same thing! Great minds think alike and all that. Now I'm super glad we're going to do the gardens and the coast if we can learn some of what Barb knows! ;)