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I Take Macro Images Of Everyday Items To Show What People Don't See Every Day (34 Pics)
Photography & Digital ArtMAR 8, 2021

I Take Macro Images Of Everyday Items To Show What People Don't See Every Day (34 Pics)

Csaba Horvath
Diana Lopetaitė
Csaba Horvath and Diana Lopetaitė
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I tried the reversed macro lens way back in 2012 for the first time. Back then, I first photographed things that mostly weren't moving at all or just very little.
Turned out that the world is really interesting when you look at it from a close perspective, even the non-living things. Drops on a DVD disc, bubbles in a water bottle, concrete, electronic components, mechanical instruments... all of that can look very different from normal when you get closer. And a double ratio reversed lens is more than enough for this.
To be honest, I haven't stopped taking macro pictures entirely, especially when it came to colder months of the year when you couldn't find insects and plants alive in nature. Instead, I used artificial objects, which you can photograph anytime at home.
I collected some of the pictures from the last 7-8 years, and hope some of you will be surprised when looking at the details of how some everyday stuff can look from up close.

#1

I Take Macro Images Of Everyday Items To Show What People Don't See Every Day (34 Pics)
Water drops on a DVD disc, exposed to sunlight.
124points

#2

I Take Macro Images Of Everyday Items To Show What People Don't See Every Day (34 Pics)
The mini-universe of a shampoo bottle.
106points

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I Take Macro Images Of Everyday Items To Show What People Don't See Every Day (34 Pics)
Plastic jewels on a Christmas decoration.
101points

#4

I Take Macro Images Of Everyday Items To Show What People Don't See Every Day (34 Pics)
Drops in a water bottle, reversed lens, with the aperture wide open, and sunshine.
79points

#5

I Take Macro Images Of Everyday Items To Show What People Don't See Every Day (34 Pics)
Miniature city of a broken LCD screen.
79points

#6

I Take Macro Images Of Everyday Items To Show What People Don't See Every Day (34 Pics)
Bubbles in a hand sanitizer.
72points

#7

I Take Macro Images Of Everyday Items To Show What People Don't See Every Day (34 Pics)
An RGB LED...but it's actually B-R-G.
68points

#8

I Take Macro Images Of Everyday Items To Show What People Don't See Every Day (34 Pics)
These are also drops in a water bottle.
68points

#9

I Take Macro Images Of Everyday Items To Show What People Don't See Every Day (34 Pics)
Tip of a sewing needle.
68points

#10

I Take Macro Images Of Everyday Items To Show What People Don't See Every Day (34 Pics)
Broken phone screen.
66points

#11

I Take Macro Images Of Everyday Items To Show What People Don't See Every Day (34 Pics)
Not a real macro: water bottle on direct sunlight, photographed from up-close.
55points

#12

I Take Macro Images Of Everyday Items To Show What People Don't See Every Day (34 Pics)
This happens if a drop of water gets into your phone's USB connector and simply dries out. It destroyed (oxidated) some of the connector's pins which were soldered to the phone's mainboard - this is the backside of the connector.
Macro can be very useful for documenting electronic repairs, I often use it when I'm repairing stuff.
53points

#13

I Take Macro Images Of Everyday Items To Show What People Don't See Every Day (34 Pics)
Network - bubbles in a soap bottle.
50points

#14

I Take Macro Images Of Everyday Items To Show What People Don't See Every Day (34 Pics)
Jewel bearings...
46points

#15

I Take Macro Images Of Everyday Items To Show What People Don't See Every Day (34 Pics)
HDD heads on both sides of a disc.
45points

#16

I Take Macro Images Of Everyday Items To Show What People Don't See Every Day (34 Pics)
Also drops in a bottle, but with flash... I really don't know how the flower pattern got there - can be the reflection of the manufacturer's logo.
42points

#17

I Take Macro Images Of Everyday Items To Show What People Don't See Every Day (34 Pics)
Clockwork (pocket watch).
41points

#18

I Take Macro Images Of Everyday Items To Show What People Don't See Every Day (34 Pics)
36points

#19

I Take Macro Images Of Everyday Items To Show What People Don't See Every Day (34 Pics)
Fujitsu MBM27C32 EPROM chip. EPROMs are programmable, erasable ROM memories, widely used in the '70s and '80s. They can be erased with UV light, so they have a small glass over the chip itself...
36points

#20

I Take Macro Images Of Everyday Items To Show What People Don't See Every Day (34 Pics)
Tip of a needle used in electrical testing equipment. It's only a little broader than a sewing needle's head.
36points
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