Introduction
What’s the point of close-up photography? The significance of close-up and macro photography is that it literally forces you, the photographer, to view things differently It encourages curiosity and entices you to get on your hands and knees, to shoot something from an obscure angle, to take that extra effort for a shot. The reward is to delve into a microcosm: the delicacy of a flower’s petals, the intricacies of a computer chip, the exquisite details of the human iris. Close-up/ macro photography transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary.
Just take into account the average snap shot. Why do snap shots look so bland, particularly ...
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