While pining for a true macro lens for our Canon 10D I realized that my little Canon Powershot actually has a macro setting built in. I still want the real macro lens but what I discovered will keep me entertained in the meantime.

For taking close up shots with the Powershot there are two things – a digital zoom that goes up to 2x and then a macro mode setting that can be accessed from the camera’s manual mode.

We were outside playing in the sunlight which is the perfect light for picture taking and it dawned on me that I have no pictures of my engagement ring so I started messing around to see what I could get:

You can see that it has been some time since I’ve had the thing cleaned but the photo is sharp enough to show the detail (and the tiny strand of dog hair!). I am very much in love with the milgrain and filigree details in this ring. The original center stone fell out a couple of years ago and we had it replaced by the great people at Green Lake Jewelry Works. We opted to go with something that was the same size as the one I had lost because I really think that anything bigger would overwhelm the setting.

I also really like the scalloping on the sides of the ring, it’s not a detail that I’ve seen often on engagement rings:

After playing around with the ring I moved on to other things… living things. Here’s a close up of a very drooly toddler mouth:

Then onward to some moss growing on our apple tree:

And finally some wet toddler toes fresh from the wading pool:

I can’t wait to play around with this more. For those of you who are seasoned macro photographers, try not to laugh.

~ by reesemcg on July 4, 2009.

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