Calling all photographers and creatives who really like a challenge this week! Last July 2018, I challenged Sunday Stillers to a macro-photography challenge. I thought it was time to offer another macro or close-up photography challenge this week.
Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.
Dorothea Lange
I felt like going with a movie theme with the headings in the post today. After all, according to Wikipedia, a “film still (sometimes called a publicity still or a production still) is a photograph taken on or off the set of a movie or television program during production.” I guess I got inspired by the words “close-up.”
“All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up.”
Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard, 1950
In case you are confused, today’s Sunday Stills theme is macro or close-up photography.
To understand the difference between the two types, read last year’s post.
Are You Ready for Your Close-Up?
It’s all in the details. Flowers within a sunflower.
A macro view of a white plumeria.
A macro view of droplets on my pink plumeria. So close it almost looks fake! But it is not.
Close-up of my photo-filtered hydrangea. I don’t think these colors exist naturally in hydrangeas, but it makes a stunning image.
These are both submitted for Snow’s Friendly Friday “Fake.”
My favorite? Macro-photography makes this bee look larger than life. How do you like the pollen on the bee’s head and legs?
Flower images are also submitted for Cees Flower of the Day, and for Irene’s Macro Monday.
Believe it or not, I captured these images with my Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge phone! I have voice-activation set up to shoot, so no fumbling with fingers!
Go Ahead, Make My Day
Last week’s mellow yellow theme sure resonated with a lot of bloggers! Not only did we have 30 links to the theme, but 6 were new to Sunday Stills! We welcomed Quincy Harley, Heart to Heart, Take a Walk, Jez Braithewaite, Lifelessons, and Sandra Matteotti.
Maybe it was the last “hurrah,” that we had this number of links and responses to Sunday Stills, as I know many bloggers are soon taking short breaks to get their holidays and vacations in. No breaks for me but I’m only posting Sunday Stills challenges as I finalize school prep and get back to weekends at the delta before our campground closes for the season.
Casting Call
I got my cast removed on July 26 and have been using the walking boot to get around when needed. Although my ankle and foot swell each day, I can walk carefully without the boot. My ankle is stiff from being in the same position for two months, but my determination and physical therapy is slowly getting things back to normal. Sorry, no close-ups available!
To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place… I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.
Elliott Erwitt
I used floral macros and close-ups as examples in my post to help inspire your creativity this week. Remember, the sky’s the limit with your choices of macro images.
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