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I Take Macro Images Of Everyday Items To Show What People Don’t See Every Day (34 Pics)
I tried the reversed macro lens way back in 2012 for the first time. Back then, I first photographed things that mostly weren't moving at all or just very little.
Turned out that the world is really interesting when you look at it from a close perspective, even the non-living things. Drops on a DVD disc, bubbles in a water bottle, concrete, electronic components, mechanical instruments... all of that can look very different from normal when you get closer. And a double ratio reversed lens is more than enough for this.
To be honest, I haven't stopped taking macro pictures entirely, especially when it came to colder months of the year when you couldn't find insects and plants alive in nature. Instead, I used artificial objects, which you can photograph anytime at home.
I collected some of the pictures from the last 7-8 years, and hope some of you will be surprised when looking at the details of how some everyday stuff can look from up close.
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#1
Water drops on a DVD disc, exposed to sunlight.
Final score:
124points
Csaba Horvath (Submission author) 4 years ago
Thx :) I haven't got any chance to reproduce this since 2014 :D That disc was made from the perfect material :D
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#2
The mini-universe of a shampoo bottle.
Final score:
106points
Csaba Horvath (Submission author) 4 years ago
Don't know! This is some shampoo my girlfriend bought :D I haven't looked to the sticker on it... :D
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Freya the Wanderer 4 years ago
Are the tiny brown spheres plastic microbeads? Those things are everywhere and get into everything!
Csaba Horvath (Submission author) 4 years ago
Surely not. And plastic microbead is much smaller :(
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Plastic jewels on a Christmas decoration.
Final score:
101points
Daria B 4 years ago (edited)
This image would look perfect as the background for a stylishly elegant and fabulous black woman singer (not one in particular, just the image that's being recalled in my head when I see this).
Csaba Horvath (Submission author) 4 years ago
Yes, but independently from the pictures.
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Drops in a water bottle, reversed lens, with the aperture wide open, and sunshine.
Final score:
79points
Grumble O'Pug 4 years ago
This should be explained better, as it is a tough technique at such fine depth of field
Csaba Horvath (Submission author) 4 years ago
Reversed lens with pulled diaphragm. I don't remember how exactly got to this frame, but it should be wait for drops on the inside of a half-filled plastic water bottle, and then take a shot from tangential view.
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K.Kobayashi 4 years ago
I don't think the "aperture wide open" part is true. The hexagonal bokeh is caused by the aperture stop.
Csaba Horvath (Submission author) 4 years ago
Or not so closed as usual for macro :) Usually you use f10-f20 for extreme macro, this may be 1 stop.
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Dániel Johannes Ilcik 4 years ago
ez elég kúl! megkérdezhetném, mit takar pontosan a fordított lencse?
Csaba Horvath (Submission author) 4 years ago
Pontosan azt, hogy megfordítod az objektívet :) Keress arra, hogy "fordított objektív" vagy "reversed lens".
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Miniature city of a broken LCD screen.
Final score:
79points
Csaba Horvath (Submission author) 4 years ago
Best images are those which can be imagined differently :)
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Bubbles in a hand sanitizer.
Final score:
72points
Csaba Horvath (Submission author) 4 years ago
Distortion of the plastic bottle :)
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An RGB LED...but it's actually B-R-G.
Final score:
68points
Csaba Horvath (Submission author) 4 years ago
Close, but it's an individual SMD one
Load More Replies... Sodium Lights 4 years ago
The cool bit about this is that you can see how much more efficient red LEDs are by how much smaller they can be to produce the same amount of light.
#8
These are also drops in a water bottle.
Final score:
68points
Csaba Horvath (Submission author) 4 years ago
Google for reversed lens ;)
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Tip of a sewing needle.
Final score:
68points
Csaba Horvath (Submission author) 4 years ago
Deadly? This is a needle :D
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Cat Chow 4 years ago
It may be a ballpoint needle instead of a universal.
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#10
Broken phone screen.
Final score:
66points
Csaba Horvath (Submission author) 4 years ago
Yes. It was, on the previous image, but Panda mixes the images in the order of up's :D
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Csaba Horvath (Submission author) 4 years ago
Try it :D There was a description, as images followed each other, but Panda mixes up the images, sorts on upvotes. (The answer is in the comments ;) )
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Not a real macro: water bottle on direct sunlight, photographed from up-close.
Final score:
55points
#12
This happens if a drop of water gets into your phone's USB connector and simply dries out. It destroyed (oxidated) some of the connector's pins which were soldered to the phone's mainboard - this is the backside of the connector.
Macro can be very useful for documenting electronic repairs, I often use it when I'm repairing stuff.
Final score:
53points
Abigail Nagel 4 years ago
when oxygen reacts with other substances its called oxidizing
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#13
Network - bubbles in a soap bottle.
Final score:
50points
Stephanie Did It 4 years ago
It is impossible to say Bubbles in an angry voice! (You just tried tho)
Son of Philosoraptor 4 years ago
The universe is structured just like those bubbles. The galaxies and such are where the soap is with huge voids between. We live in cosmic froth!
#14
Jewel bearings...
Final score:
46points
Csaba Horvath (Submission author) 4 years ago
All clockworks look like a steampunk one :)
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Andrew Gibb 4 years ago
like HAL from 2001 Space Odyssey in all analogue watches. No to the opening of pod bay doors.
#15
HDD heads on both sides of a disc.
Final score:
45points
#16
Also drops in a bottle, but with flash... I really don't know how the flower pattern got there - can be the reflection of the manufacturer's logo.
Final score:
42points
#17
Clockwork (pocket watch).
Final score:
41points
#18
Final score:
36points
Csaba Horvath (Submission author) 4 years ago
Yes :) Description missed :)
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Fujitsu MBM27C32 EPROM chip. EPROMs are programmable, erasable ROM memories, widely used in the '70s and '80s. They can be erased with UV light, so they have a small glass over the chip itself...
Final score:
36points
LingLing 40 Hours 4 years ago
I don’t get it... but I was also thinking the same thing, so I’m just confusing myself...
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#20
Tip of a needle used in electrical testing equipment. It's only a little broader than a sewing needle's head.
Final score:
36points
#21
Final score:
35points
Matheus Oliveira 4 years ago
Magnificent! The hexagonal pattern above the big bubble is such a beautiful detail!
#22
Final score:
33points
#23
Beads up-close.
Final score:
32points
#24
Final score:
32points
#25
Metal tea filter.
Final score:
31points
#26
Also not a real macro: just a close-up of a lamp with a telephoto lens.
Final score:
30points
Luna Lovegood 4 years ago
I think it's macro. Macro is enlarged and close up. So it's still macro technically!
Csaba Horvath (Submission author) 4 years ago
Hm, it was taken on a 2:1 ratio (Sigma 70-300 APO DG :D ), so it's not a "real" macro. :)
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#27
Broken LCD.
Final score:
29points
#28
Final score:
27points
Csaba Horvath (Submission author) 4 years ago
Yesss! And a lot of clockworks are looking like that :)
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2609 - Russian wristwatch.
Final score:
25points
#30
Final score:
24points
#31
SMD diodes on a printed circuit board.
Final score:
24points
Phil Boswell 4 years ago
Surface Mount Device: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface-mount_technology It's fascinating stuff
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#32
Final score:
23points
#33
This image was taken with a tandem lens (Canon 18-55 and 70-300 together), which produces very high magnification, but it's very hard to use. Even the traces and components on the chip can be seen. The 4 long things are the wires which are connecting the chip to the output pins of the package.
Final score:
20points
#34
Final score:
18points
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What do you think ?
Luna Lovegood 4 years ago
Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo freakin cool!
juezyparte 4 years ago
These are captivating!! I've lost track of time staring at them ¿Can we see them in a larger format somewhere?
Vincent Jay 4 years ago
Why are these called "macro"? Would it not be more correct to call them "micro" as in "microscopic"?
Kadia Maynard 2 years ago
Less clocks and water/bubbles pls. More random things. Love the imperfections our eyes can’t see. Should exhibit and sell!
Luna Lovegood 4 years ago
Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo freakin cool!
juezyparte 4 years ago
These are captivating!! I've lost track of time staring at them ¿Can we see them in a larger format somewhere?
Vincent Jay 4 years ago
Why are these called "macro"? Would it not be more correct to call them "micro" as in "microscopic"?
Kadia Maynard 2 years ago
Less clocks and water/bubbles pls. More random things. Love the imperfections our eyes can’t see. Should exhibit and sell!
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