So it looks like everyone is trying their hands at macro photography these days– some with very good or simply exceptional results, and others with… not so good results (sorry, not mentioning names for this one).

What we, as hobby (non-professional) photographers, have to keep in mind is how interesting or visually appealing a subject is. Just because you can zoom in to see all of its details, it doesn’t make it a good picture unless there is something in the details that is worth seeing.

Canon 20D: Canon EF 70-200L @ 100mm, F/4, 1/640 sec, ISO 400
(For reference, the flower was about the size of a quarter.)

Cliché? Yes, but at least it’s a pretty shot and an interesting subject, heh.
For a more original macro shot, also taken with my Canon EF 70-200L lens, please click here.

EDIT: So it looks like a lot of firefox users can’t browse my site because of the way my Xanga theme is rendered with the browser. Grr Xanga. First a lot of themes don’t scroll right with Opera, and now a lot of themes prevent firefox from actually displaying the page. When will you fix yourself?