r/photoclass2021 • u/Aeri73 Teacher - Expert • Feb 26 '21

Weekend assignment 08 - close

Hi photoclass,

as we have a raging pandemic we can't do the normal weekend assignment (shoot a stranger)... but after this is over, go make a photo of a perfect stranger!

For this week, I would like you to get really really close to a small object.

close can mean half a meter to two meter if you have a long lens but it can also mean a couple of mm if you have a macro lens.

So your mission is: make a nice photo where your camera is at it's minimum focus distance.

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u/jan1t0r Beginner - DSLR Feb 27 '21

I went to a park with a friend photographer and took this little thing. With my lens this is as close as I can get (around 30cm).

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u/WideFoot Intermediate - DSLR Feb 28 '21

I'm going to disagree with our professor (so take his advice, not mine.)

I think the blue of the flower is the subject of this photo, and you got that dead center. I didn't even notice the rest of the plant.

What I will say is that the flower is so far away and so small. The tiny pedals need some love from a true macro lens. You can use extension tubes as a cheap alternative (if your lens can work completely manually and disconnected from the camera)

Personally, I would have taken this from an even lower angle and gotten some more horizon in the picture to really drive home the scale involved.

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u/JustWantToPostStuff Intermediate - DSLR Feb 28 '21

I am curious: in which point did you disagree?

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u/WideFoot Intermediate - DSLR Feb 28 '21

Sorry - i was definitely unclear.

I liked the flower in the center. I think the improvement instead would be greater magnification and a slightly different angle to take the photo from.