Macro-photography, or close-up photography, helps us to appreciate the beauty of the fine details of the world around us. There is an array of tools available to photographers for that, including close-up filters, extension tube set, macro bellows system, and macro lenses. The picture of the swallowtail butterfy wing was taken with a Pentax 100mm autofocus macro lens. An extension tube set with a 50mm lens was used for the flower close-up shot below. The magnification ratio was somewhere between 1:2 and 1:1 in both cases.

You can click on a picture to see a larger view in a pop-up window. You can also see more pictures of this kind at: http://suvro.com/butterfly Here are the links to the photopages of the past weeks : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 .