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		<title>Macro</title>
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 		<description>think big..

From Merriam-Webster:
&lt;i&gt;Main Entry: macro lens
Function: noun
Etymology: macr-, from the fact that the focal length is greater than normal : a camera lens designed to focus at very short distances with up to life-size magnification of the image&lt;/i&gt;

As a result of a watered down group pool, I'm sorry but we have to start making some public observations. Take note: Chances are, the little flower button on your camera is not going to produce &amp;quot;macro photography.&amp;quot; For good, constructive information about what is and is not true macro photography check out the discussions &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/groups/macro/discuss/22422/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/groups/macro/discuss/108019/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. In the future, the group mods will respect that some people may have a loose interpretation of what macro is, but we will not allow photo's that obviously don't follow the basic premise to continue to remain in the pool.

Also, this is a group for Macro discussion as well as a place to look at sweet macro photographs. This is not the correct place to promote your own group or to spam our discussions. For new group announcements please check out gweedo and zen's &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/groups/groups/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;group therapy&lt;/a&gt;, or your personal favorite announcement group. From now on, anyone weighing down the board will be booted and banned. seriously.

&lt;b&gt;You can use the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.krazydad.com/colrpickr/index.php?group=macro&quot;&gt;Macro   Colr Pickr&lt;/a&gt; to locate photos of a particular color. Much thanks to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/krazydad/&quot;&gt;Jbum&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/b&gt;</description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 10:59:57 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title>Reply to Flight</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/groups/macro/discuss/72157632039726166/72157633487783090/</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/bing10/&quot;&gt;wbyoungphotos&lt;/a&gt; posted a reply:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here's my little fella hard at work, what do you think?&lt;br /&gt;
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[ &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/bing10/5593750133/&quot; title=&quot;2194849-11 Translucent Wings by wbyoungphotos, on Flickr&quot;&gt;&lt;img class='notsowide' src=&quot;http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5269/5593750133_fe5074bf05.jpg&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;398&quot; alt=&quot;2194849-11 Translucent Wings&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;   ]&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 10:59:57 -0700</pubDate>
						<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/bing10/">nobody@flickr.com (wbyoungphotos)</author>
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			<title>Reply to Eye macro photography</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/groups/macro/discuss/72157600350644401/72157633487742658/</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/bing10/&quot;&gt;wbyoungphotos&lt;/a&gt; posted a reply:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This is as close as I can get, with safety...&lt;br /&gt;
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[ &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/bing10/8726675767/&quot; title=&quot;WBY8229-13 5D2-24 The Common Kingsnake by wbyoungphotos, on Flickr&quot;&gt;&lt;img class='notsowide' src=&quot;http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7442/8726675767_ac8fd7e35f_c.jpg&quot; width=&quot;800&quot; height=&quot;491&quot; alt=&quot;WBY8229-13 5D2-24 The Common Kingsnake&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  ]&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 10:54:07 -0700</pubDate>
						<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/bing10/">nobody@flickr.com (wbyoungphotos)</author>
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			<title>Reply to Eye macro photography</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/sheadg/&quot;&gt;SheaDG91&lt;/a&gt; posted a reply:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My girlfriend's eye&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;photo_container pc_m bbml_img&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-track=&quot;thumb&quot; href=&quot;/photos/sheadg/8333674343/&quot; title=&quot;Macro of an eye by SheaDG91&quot;&gt;&lt;img class='notsowide' src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8496/8333674343_5dcf287c76_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;160&quot; alt=&quot;Macro of an eye by SheaDG91&quot;  class=&quot;pc_img&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 11:19:48 -0700</pubDate>
						<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/sheadg/">nobody@flickr.com (SheaDG91)</author>
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			<title>Reply to Eye macro photography</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/50953139@N03/&quot;&gt;JFKilroy&lt;/a&gt; posted a reply:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;evil eye..&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/50953139@N03/6830179397/&quot; title=&quot;catseye2 by JFKilroy, on Flickr&quot;&gt;&lt;img class='notsowide' src=&quot;http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7014/6830179397_24289a54b2.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; alt=&quot;catseye2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 04:09:03 -0700</pubDate>
						<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/50953139@N03/">nobody@flickr.com (JFKilroy)</author>
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			<title>Reply to cheap macro lens?</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/kinekt/&quot;&gt;kinekt&lt;/a&gt; posted a reply:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;i would go the $5 reversing ring route....I have to use a toothpick or something like that too on my Sony lenses.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:27:59 -0700</pubDate>
						<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/kinekt/">nobody@flickr.com (kinekt)</author>
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			<title>Reply to cheap macro lens?</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/mattmcdonnell/&quot;&gt;matt760.&lt;/a&gt; posted a reply:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:11:10 -0700</pubDate>
						<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/mattmcdonnell/">nobody@flickr.com (matt760.)</author>
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			<title>Reply to Eye macro photography</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/79458235@N02/&quot;&gt;elchinewolf&lt;/a&gt; posted a reply:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/79458235@N02/8236264420/&quot; title=&quot;Woman by elchinewolf, on Flickr&quot;&gt;&lt;img class='notsowide' src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8067/8236264420_1f18f83923_b.jpg&quot; width=&quot;800&quot; height=&quot;571&quot; alt=&quot;Woman&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:26:15 -0700</pubDate>
						<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/79458235@N02/">nobody@flickr.com (elchinewolf)</author>
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			<title>Reply to cheap macro lens?</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/79458235@N02/&quot;&gt;elchinewolf&lt;/a&gt; posted a reply:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hello, if you want close fotos then buy 50mm premium lens and it will cost no more than 90$ the new one.  with 18-200 you can make perfect pictures but is is tele zoom and as macro it is not so advicible. the perfect change for kit lens is 50mm or 35 mm fixed lense. hope you will catch the right moments and much light i wish to you.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:23:54 -0700</pubDate>
						<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/79458235@N02/">nobody@flickr.com (elchinewolf)</author>
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			<title>Reply to cheap macro lens?</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/10967780@N07/&quot;&gt;Jonathan Hartzell / the Archangel&lt;/a&gt; posted a reply:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Buy a $5 reversing ring on eBay.&lt;br /&gt;
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...And don't let anyone tell you that you can't reverse a Nikon G lens.  You just need to put something (like a toothpick) in the aperture clip to open the lens up a bit.&lt;br /&gt;
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I took this with the 18-55:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/10967780@N07/6337015087/&quot; title=&quot;Fly Macro by Jonathan Hartzell / the Archangel, on Flickr&quot;&gt;&lt;img class='notsowide' src=&quot;http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6217/6337015087_51c0c69e51.jpg&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;335&quot; alt=&quot;Fly Macro&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:23:09 -0700</pubDate>
						<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/10967780@N07/">nobody@flickr.com (Jonathan Hartzell / the Archangel)</author>
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			<title>cheap macro lens?</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/mattmcdonnell/&quot;&gt;matt760.&lt;/a&gt; posted a new topic:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;i recently bought a nikon d3100, all I have at the moment is the 18-55mm kit lens... I will probably get something like the 18-200mm next&lt;br /&gt;
The kit lens is ok but I want something a little better&lt;br /&gt;
I don't want to go over 100 on it... could I get one that price- I don't mind second-hand &lt;br /&gt;
The quality doesn't have to be 100% because I wont be using it that often, just something that will let me get a little closer to the subject&lt;br /&gt;
Would the 200mm be any better than the kit lens&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:30:40 -0700</pubDate>
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