George Simpkins Photography

Macro / Close-up

Lady Bug On Clover Lady Bug On Clover Cecropia Moth Cecropia Moth Leafhopper Nymph Leafhopper Nymph Male Eastern Dobsonfly Male Eastern Dobsonfly Peach Mold Peach Mold Salt Crystals Salt Crystals Thistle Foliage Thistle Foliage White Dotted Prominent Moth White Dotted Prominent Moth Snowflake Snowflake The Traveler The Traveler Bread Bread The Shaping Of Arkansas The Shaping Of Arkansas Interior Structure Of A Dandelion Bud Interior Structure Of A Dandelion Bud The Beauty Of A Single White Clover Blossom The Beauty Of A Single White Clover Blossom Grass Spider Face Grass Spider Face Horse Fly Horse Fly Peacock Fly On Sandstone Peacock Fly On Sandstone Yellow Beetle And Parasite Yellow Beetle And Parasite Carpenter Ant Head Carpenter Ant Head Fossilized Giant Club Moss Imprint Fossilized Giant Club Moss Imprint The Red Mite From Outer Space The Red Mite From Outer Space Yellow, Orange And Brown Lichen Yellow, Orange And Brown Lichen
Macro photography is extreme close-up photography, usually of very small subjects and living organisms like insects, in which the size of the subject in the photograph is greater than life size. By the original definition, a macro photograph is one in which the size of the subject on the negative or image sensor is life size or greater.


When we shoot a subject outside of the 1:1 ratio, we are shooting Close-up Photography. If we are shooting a butterfly that is sitting on a flower, and we have included the whole butterfly and flower in the frame, but not much of the area outside of the flower, that is close-up photography, because if we were shooting a true macro image of the butterfly, we would be only seeing the butterfly in the frame and nothing more.