The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
– Oscar Wilde –
The most interesting thing about Macro Photography is that it changes the size of your world. Where a landscape photographer might take a photo of a whole field of flowers, a macro photographer needs only one flower. That one flower can be broken down into parts that become almost unrecognizable to someone who has never seen a flower from that perspective.
I’ve just started to use a Macro Lens, and I don’t claim to be anything but an inexperienced novice. It is hard not to be excited, however, about a whole new world that exists within my every day world!
On that note, would you recognize that this is a magpie feather?
Hi,
I have never used a Macro Lens, but I know the photos from these are unreal, and I agree it is like a different world. 🙂
I will take a wild guess at the photo, It looks like a palm leaf, although the colour doesn’t seem right, it’s the first thing that came to mind. 🙂
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That’s what I thought – some kind of leaf, but the color looks different. Very cool!
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Another vote for a leaf, and another observation that the color is very different. However, it isn’t a leaf.
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I’ll mark down one vote for palm leaf, and tell you the answer later.
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It looks to me like a milkweed pod. I love the idea of take pictures of nature so that what we take for granted becomes something we must ponder…
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The voting still favours the plant kingdom, but it isn’t a leaf or a pod. Yes, I agree that something we take for granted becomes mysterious when we see just a little bit of it.
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A feather! Love it.
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I think I accidentally cheated. I didn’t see “feather” until I read this comment. Now that’s what I see.
I love the Oscar Wilde quote. Quite fitting!
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A brush in a car wash 🙂
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Interesting choice, but it isn’t a car wash brush.
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My guess was a feather too, maybe with frost on it or something?
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No, just the natural colour of the feather – it changes with the light.
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A feather!
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Yes, a feather.
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It looks like a feather to me. Beautiful! I’m tempted to get a Macro Lens…
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I’m sure you would enjoy a macro lens
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To all you feather people, yes you are right. It is the feather from one of the neighbourhood magpies.
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Such an exquisite shot. I came late to the party but guessed it was a feather because of the iridescence.
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Right you are!
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Darn! I thought it was some fabric from my old sharkskin suit… : P
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Sharkskin suit – what a rogue you were!
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It reminds me of a feather. I’ll check your comments to see if you revealed what it is yet. 🙂
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Yes, a feather!
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