Close-up Image
Jan 17, 2021 21:05:55 #
rs2543
Loc: Ohio
What are the guide lines that make an image a close-up? When would it not be a close-up?
Jan 17, 2021 21:12:30 #
One viewpoint: Close-up Photography tightly frames a subject rather than including a broader scene. The background is often out of focus and not distracting. Unlike Macro Photography, which is usually 1:1 magnification and often requires special equipment, close-ups are less restrictive and can be accomplished with any camera and lens.
And: The idea of a close-up is to make the viewer ‘feel’ the subject is right up close.
(from https://www.photokonnexion.com/3935-2/)
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And: The idea of a close-up is to make the viewer ‘feel’ the subject is right up close.
(from https://www.photokonnexion.com/3935-2/)
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Jan 17, 2021 21:20:31 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
One viewpoint: Close-up Photography tightly frames a subject rather than including a broader scene. The background is often out of focus and not distracting. Unlike Macro Photography, which is usually 1:1 magnification and often requires special equipment, close-ups are less restrictive and can be accomplished with any camera and lens.
My one camera can focus down to 2cm. Would that be close-up or macro?
Jan 17, 2021 21:21:32 #
Longshadow wrote:
I have no idea My one camera can focus down to 2cm. Would that be close-up or macro?
See this from True-Macro Section of UHH: https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-22447-1.html
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Jan 17, 2021 21:23:38 #
rs2543
Loc: Ohio
So what is the max size of the subject. A tight shot of a complete horse would not be a close-up would it?
Jan 17, 2021 21:23:51 #
rs2543 wrote:
What are the guide lines that make an image a close-up? When would it not be a close-up?
After many, many years of fooling around with this subject, I have personally settled on a close up being from 1:10 to 1:2 reproduction ratio .
Jan 17, 2021 21:24:13 #
Wonderful close-up image! The water running down the bill and droplets add terrific interest. The swan photo exemplifies what I've always considered to be a close-up.
Jan 17, 2021 21:28:28 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
I have no idea
See this from True-Macro Section of UHH: https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-22447-1.html
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See this from True-Macro Section of UHH: https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-22447-1.html
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Neither do I. I've always been puzzled.
If I get real close and blow up the image, same effect?
If I'm looking down the throat of a four-o'clock, I call it a macro.
Maybe erroneously, but that's what I'd call it.
People know to what I'm referring if I say macro.
By the way, I'd call the white bird (above) a close-up.
Jan 17, 2021 21:30:27 #
rs2543 wrote:
What is your reason for asking? A category of a photo contest? If yes, check guidelines put out by the sponsor. If for general information, I think you'll find that as with many photography classifications, there is room for interpretation and no universal hard and fast rules.So what is the max size of the subject. A tight shot of a complete horse would not be a close-up would it?
Jan 17, 2021 21:31:59 #
rs2543
Loc: Ohio
So does that mean the subject would be from 2" to 10" in height and fill the frame?
Jan 17, 2021 21:34:22 #
imagemeister wrote:
After many, many years of fooling around with this subject, I have personally settled on a close up being from 1:10 to 1:2 reproduction ratio .
Would that also be true if the same image were printed on 4x6 or 24x36?
"A 1:10 to 1:2 reproduction ratio" - of what?
The bird or the eyeball?
Still confused.
Jan 17, 2021 21:37:11 #
rs2543
Loc: Ohio
I'm in charge of an close-up group. A lady sent a picture to be posted of a swan with several inches of background around the swan. I don't think this is a close-up but I'm not sure.
Jan 18, 2021 06:33:13 #
I don't believe that the size of the subject is important. A picture of an elephant or just the elephant's face filling the frame as Linda's waterfowl example could, in my opinion, be considered closeup. A rabbit, bird or other small critter that only occupies a small part of the picture would not. As Linda suggests, blurred background also helps. But I think there is no hard and fast rule here whereas true macro the image on the sensor is the same size as the image in real life. Hence 1:1. Macro also can go to 5 or 10 times life size, just ask Sippyjug104, Mark Sturtevant and others that post in the true macro section, although they may have a special name for that.
Jan 18, 2021 09:50:00 #
gvarner
Loc: Central Oregon Coast
Check out the dialogue in the Close Up and Macro forums here. It seems like everyone has their own rule.
Jan 18, 2021 09:57:28 #
Interesting...Extreme close-up.
I wonder where the demarcation line is where a close-up breaks into macro.
Is the ant image simply a close-up? They call it a macro.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macro_photography
I wonder where the demarcation line is where a close-up breaks into macro.
Is the ant image simply a close-up? They call it a macro.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macro_photography
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