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Macrophotography allows you to get real close to the object. It is very common for taking photos of insects, flowers and other close-up elements.

Macrophotography allows you to get a close view of all the details on the object.

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Claude Nuridsany has written:

'Photographier la nature' -- subject(s): Macrophotography, Nature photography

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When you want a close-up view of the object, to really see all the fine details and textures.

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Not necessarily! Sometimes Macrophotography can win a contest!

Sometimes the tiniest images are better. For instance, photographs taken through an electron microscope can be far more interesting than a poster sized image of nothing in particular!

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Adrian Davies has written:

'Focal Digital Imaging A to Z'

'Close-up and macro photography' -- subject(s): OverDrive, Nonfiction, Photography

'Wild Flowers of Canada'

'An Examination of multispectral imaging techniques for the production of false-colour images of plants representing insect spectral sensitivity'

'Nature'

'Electronic imaging for photographers' -- subject(s): Digital techniques, Images, Photographic, Photographic Images, Photography

'Close-up and macro photography' -- subject(s): Photography, Close-up, Macrophotography

'Close-up and macro photography' -- subject(s): Photography, Close-up, Macrophotography

'The encyclopedia of photography' -- subject(s): Handbooks, manuals, Handbooks, manuals, etc, Photography

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Glass lenses, sometimes called closeup filters (though they are not filters). They screw on to the front of the lens to provide the capability to focus more closely; perhaps close enough to enter the realm of macrophotography. Cheap ones can degrade the image (by introducing optical aberrations), and they must be kept smudge and dust free in order to maintain image quality. Another method is extension tubes, which do not introduce image aberration, but anytime you extend the lens away from the camera body, the image in the viewfinder is darkened.

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A 100mm macro lens could be used for taking shots of small subjects without having to get too low to the ground (ie, insects). Some lenses have a shorter focal length (70, 85, etc) and require the photographer to get much closer to the subject, which is not always possible when shooting wildlife.

An additional use for a macro lens is for portraits.

*The answers are debatable, in my opinion - they seem more directed to the aspect of the lens' focal length. A true macro lens is one that can reproduce an image at a ratio of 1:1 (or better). Many so-called 'macro' lenses might be more accurately described as 'close focus' in that they can achieve something in the neighborhood of 1:2.5 without converters, but not 1:1. Macrophotography was/still is defined as the ability to create images from 1:1 up to 10:1, after which photomicrography takes over. The only difference between a 100mm versus 50mm macro for instance, would be the ability to be farther away while in the macro realm (as the first answer alluded to) or produce a larger image at equal distances, same as a telephoto lens.

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9-letter words

biography, epigraphy, geography, orography

10-letter words

autography, cacography, demography, holography, ideography, kymography, nomography, renography, serigraphy, sonography, telegraphy, tomography, topography, typography, venography, xerography, xylography

11-letter words

angiography, aortography, calligraphy, cartography, chirography, chorography, cosmography, discography, ethnography, filmography, flexography, hagiography, hydrography, iconography, lithography, mammography, mythography, orthography, paleography, petrography, phonography, photography, pictography, planography, pornography, radiography, reprography, scenography, stenography, stylography, uranography, videography

12-letter words

bibliography, biogeography, cardiography, choreography, chronography, cryptography, fluorography, lexicography, lymphography, oceanography, phlebography, physiography, polarography, scintigraphy, seismography, shadowgraphy, stereography, stratigraphy, thermography, zoogeography

13-letter words

arteriography, autobiography, metallography, oscillography, prosopography, spectrography

14-letter words

chromatography, cinematography, historiography, paleogeography, phytogeography, pseudepigraphy

15-letter words

antipornography, autoradiography, biostratigraphy, cholangiography, crystallography, encephalography, phototelegraphy, plethysmography, psychobiography, radioautography, radiotelegraphy, roentgenography, semipornography, telephotography, ultrasonography, xeroradiography

16-letter words

astrophotography, echocardiography, electromyography, lymphangiography, macrophotography, microphotography, microradiography, photolithography, photomicrography, rechromatography

17-letter words

angiocardiography, chromolithography, phonocardiography, photofluorography, stereophotography

18-letter words

electrooculography, electrophotography, spectroheliography

19-letter words

electrocardiography, electroretinography

22-letter words

electroencephalography

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There are more than 9,500 English words that begin with the letter M. Here are some of the longer ones:

14-letter words

machicolations, machineability, macroaggregate, macroeconomics, macroevolution, macroglobulins, macromolecular, macromolecules, macronucleuses, macronutrients, macrostructure, magnetizations, magnetometries, magnetospheres, magnetospheric, magnifications, magniloquences, magniloquently, maidenlinesses, malabsorptions, malacostracans, maladaptations, maladjustments, maladministers, malapertnesses, malapportioned, malariologists, malcontentedly, malfunctioning, malleabilities, malodorousness, manageableness, manifestations, manifoldnesses, manipulability, manipulatively, mannerlinesses, manometrically, manufacturings, mariculturists, martyrizations, martyrologists, masterlinesses, mastigophorans, materialnesses, mathematically, mathematicians, matriculations, meaningfulness, mechanizations, meddlesomeness, meditativeness, megakaryocytes, megakaryocytic, megalomaniacal, megalopolitans, megascopically, megasporangium, megasporophyll, melodramatised, melodramatises, melodramatists, melodramatized, melodramatizes, memorabilities, mendaciousness, mercantilistic, mercaptopurine, mercerizations, merchandisings, merchandizings, mercifulnesses, meretriciously, mesdemoiselles, mesotheliomata, metafictionist, metalinguistic, metallizations, metallographer, metallographic, metamorphosing, metaphorically, metaphosphates, metaphysically, metaphysicians, metapsychology, metastatically, metathetically, metempsychoses, metempsychosis, meteoriticists, meteorological, meteorologists, methemoglobins, methodicalness, methodological, methodologists, methoxyflurane, methylxanthine, meticulosities, meticulousness, metronidazoles, metronomically, microanatomies, microbarograph, microbiologies, microbiologist, microbreweries, microcassettes, microcephalics, microcephalies, microcircuitry, microcomputers, microeconomics, microelectrode, microevolution, microfibrillar, microfilaments, microgravities, microinjecting, microinjection, micrometeorite, micrometeoroid, microminiature, micronucleuses, micronutrients, microorganisms, microparticles, microplanktons, microprocessor, microprojector, micropublisher, micropulsation, micropunctures, microspherical, microsporangia, microsporocyte, microstructure, microsurgeries, microtechnique, militantnesses, militarization, millenarianism, millennialisms, millennialists, milliroentgens, mindlessnesses, mineralization, miraculousness, mirthfulnesses, misallocations, misapplication, misapprehended, misappropriate, misarticulated, misarticulates, misassumptions, misattributing, misattribution, miscalculating, miscalculation, miscegenations, mischannelling, misclassifying, miscomputation, misconceptions, misconnections, miscorrelation, misdescription, misemphasizing, misemployments, misestimations, misevaluations, misfunctioning, misgovernments, misidentifying, misimpressions, misinformation, misinterpreted, mismanagements, misorientation, misperceptions, mispositioning, misprogramming, mispronouncing, misregistering, misremembering, misrepresented, missionization, mistranscribed, mistranscribes, mistranslating, mistranslation, misunderstands, misutilization, mitogenicities, moderatenesses, moderatorships, modernisations, modernizations, modulabilities, mollifications, moneygrubbings, mongrelization, monocarboxylic, monochromatism, monochromators, monocotyledons, monoglycerides, monolithically, monomaniacally, monometallisms, monometallists, mononucleotide, monophonically, monopolization, monopropellant, monosaccharide, monotheistical, monotonicities, monotonousness, monounsaturate, monumentalized, monumentalizes, moralistically, morganatically, mortifications, motherlessness, motherlinesses, motionlessness, motivationally, mountaineering, mournfulnesses, movelessnesses, mucilaginously, muddleheadedly, mulligatawnies, multichambered, multicharacter, multicomponent, multiconductor, multidialectal, multielectrode, multifactorial, multifilaments, multiformities, multifrequency, multilaterally, multilingually, multimegawatts, multimolecular, multinationals, multinucleated, multiparameter, multiplication, multiplicative, multiplicities, multipotential, multiprocessor, multiracialism, multireligious, multitrillions, multiversities, mummifications, municipalities, municipalizing, musicalization, mutagenicities, mutinousnesses, mutualizations, myelencephalic, myelencephalon, myrmecological, myrmecologists, myrmecophilous, mysteriousness, mystifications, mythologically

15-letter words

machinabilities, macroaggregated, macroaggregates, macrocosmically, macroevolutions, macrophotograph, macroscopically, macrostructural, macrostructures, magistratically, magnanimousness, magnetoelectric, maintainability, majoritarianism, maladministered, maladroitnesses, maldistribution, maliciousnesses, malpractitioner, manageabilities, maneuverability, marginalization, marketabilities, marriageability, martensitically, marvelousnesses, masculinization, masochistically, masterfulnesses, mastoidectomies, materfamiliases, materialization, mathematization, meaninglessness, measurabilities, mechanistically, mechanochemical, mechanoreceptor, medulloblastoma, megacorporation, megagametophyte, megasporophylls, mellifluousness, melodiousnesses, melodramatising, melodramatizing, memorablenesses, mensurabilities, mercaptopurines, mercenarinesses, merchantability, mercilessnesses, mercurialnesses, meritoriousness, meroblastically, metafictionists, metalinguistics, metallographers, metallographies, metallurgically, metamathematics, metamorphically, metastabilities, methamphetamine, methoxyfluranes, methylcellulose, methylmercuries, methylphenidate, methylxanthines, microanalytical, microanatomical, microbarographs, microbiological, microbiologists, microcosmically, microdissection, microearthquake, microelectrodes, microelectronic, microevolutions, microgametocyte, microinjections, micromanagement, micrometeorites, micrometeoritic, micrometeoroids, micromorphology, microphotograph, microphotometer, microphotometry, microphysically, microporosities, microprocessors, microprojection, microprojectors, micropublishers, micropublishing, micropulsations, microradiograph, microscopically, microseismicity, microsporangium, microsporocytes, microsporophyll, microstructural, microstructures, microtechniques, microtonalities, militarizations, millenarianisms, millionairesses, mineralizations, mineralogically, miniaturization, misapplications, misapprehending, misapprehension, misappropriated, misappropriates, misarticulating, misattributions, miscalculations, miscegenational, miscellaneously, mischaracterize, mischievousness, miscomputations, misconstruction, miscorrelations, misdescriptions, misdistribution, miserablenesses, misguidednesses, misinformations, misinterpreting, misorientations, misrecollection, misregistration, misrepresenting, missionizations, mistranscribing, mistranslations, mistrustfulness, misutilizations, misvocalization, modifiabilities, momentarinesses, momentousnesses, mongrelizations, monochromatisms, monocrystalline, monomolecularly, mononucleosises, mononucleotides, monopolizations, monopropellants, monosaccharides, monospecificity, monosyllabicity, monounsaturated, monounsaturates, monstrousnesses, montmorillonite, monumentalities, monumentalizing, morphologically, morphophonemics, mountaineerings, mountainousness, mountebankeries, mouthwateringly, multidiscipline, multidivisional, multifunctional, multilateralism, multilateralist, multilingualism, multimillennial, multiplications, multipolarities, multiprocessing, multiprocessors, multiracialisms, multitudinously, multiwavelength, murderousnesses, musculoskeletal, musicalizations, myelofibrosises

16-letter words

machineabilities, macroinstruction, macrolepidoptera, macrophotographs, macrophotography, magnetostriction, magnetostrictive, majoritarianisms, maladministering, malapportionment, malcontentedness, maldistributions, malodorousnesses, malpractitioners, manageablenesses, manipulabilities, manipulativeness, marginalizations, masculinizations, materializations, mathematizations, meaningfulnesses, mechanochemistry, mechanoreception, mechanoreceptive, mechanoreceptors, meddlesomenesses, meditativenesses, medulloblastomas, megacorporations, megagametophytes, megalomaniacally, megasporogeneses, megasporogenesis, melodramatically, mendaciousnesses, meretriciousness, meristematically, mesembryanthemum, metamathematical, metapsychologies, meteorologically, methamphetamines, methodicalnesses, methodologically, methylcelluloses, methylphenidates, meticulousnesses, microcalorimeter, microcalorimetry, microcircuitries, microcirculation, microcirculatory, microcrystalline, microdissections, microearthquakes, microelectronics, microencapsulate, microenvironment, microgametocytes, micrographically, microinstruction, microlepidoptera, micromanagements, micromanipulator, micrometeorology, microphotographs, microphotography, microphotometers, microphotometric, microprogramming, microprojections, micropublishings, microradiographs, microradiography, microsporangiate, microsporophylls, microvasculature, militaristically, miniaturizations, miraculousnesses, misanthropically, misapprehensions, misappropriating, misappropriation, mischaracterized, mischaracterizes, miscommunication, miscomprehension, misconstructions, misdistributions, mispronunciation, misrecollections, misregistrations, mistranscription, misunderstanding, misvocalizations, monochromaticity, monocotyledonous, monopolistically, monosyllabically, monosynaptically, monotheistically, monotonousnesses, montmorillonites, montmorillonitic, morphometrically, motherlessnesses, motionlessnesses, muddleheadedness, multibillionaire, multicellularity, multiculturalism, multidimensional, multidirectional, multidisciplines, multifactorially, multifariousness, multihandicapped, multilateralisms, multilateralists, multilingualisms, multimillionaire, multiplicatively, multiprocessings, multiprogramming, municipalization, mysteriousnesses

17-letter words

macroevolutionary, macroglobulinemia, macroglobulinemic, macroinstructions, magnanimousnesses, magnetoresistance, magnetostrictions, maintainabilities, maladministration, malapportionments, maneuverabilities, marriageabilities, materialistically, meaninglessnesses, mechanoreceptions, medulloblastomata, mellifluousnesses, melodramatization, merchantabilities, meritoriousnesses, mesembryanthemums, metapsychological, methemoglobinemia, methylnaphthalene, microbiologically, microcalorimeters, microcalorimetric, microcirculations, microdensitometer, microdensitometry, microencapsulated, microencapsulates, microenvironments, microevolutionary, microinstructions, micromanipulation, micromanipulators, microminiaturized, micromorphologies, micropaleontology, microphotographed, microphotographer, microphotographic, microphotometries, microprogrammings, microradiographic, microreproduction, microseismicities, microsporogeneses, microsporogenesis, microvasculatures, mineralocorticoid, misadministration, misappropriations, miscellaneousness, mischaracterizing, mischievousnesses, misclassification, miscommunications, miscomprehensions, misidentification, misinterpretation, mispronunciations, misrepresentation, misrepresentative, mistranscriptions, mistrustfulnesses, misunderstandings, monochromatically, monospecificities, monosyllabicities, morphogenetically, mountainousnesses, multibillionaires, multiculturalisms, multidisciplinary, multigenerational, multimillionaires, multiprogrammings, multitudinousness, municipalizations

18-letter words

macroglobulinemias, macrophotographies, magnetoresistances, magnetostrictively, maladministrations, malcontentednesses, manipulativenesses, mechanochemistries, melodramatizations, meretriciousnesses, metallographically, methemoglobinemias, methylcholanthrene, methylnaphthalenes, methylprednisolone, microcalorimetries, microcrystallinity, microdensitometers, microdensitometric, microencapsulating, microencapsulation, microenvironmental, microlepidopterous, micromanipulations, micrometeorologies, micrometeorologist, micromorphological, micropaleontologic, microphotographers, microphotographies, microphotographing, microradiographies, microreproductions, mineralocorticoids, misadministrations, misclassifications, misidentifications, misinterpretations, misrepresentations, monochromaticities, mucopolysaccharide, muddleheadednesses, multicellularities, multifariousnesses, myeloproliferative

19-letter words

magnetohydrodynamic, meningoencephalitic, meningoencephalitis, methylcholanthrenes, methylprednisolones, microdensitometries, microelectronically, microencapsulations, micrometeorological, micrometeorologists, micropaleontologies, micropaleontologist, miscellaneousnesses, mischaracterization, mucopolysaccharides, multidimensionality, multitudinousnesses

20-letter words

magnetofluiddynamics, magnetohydrodynamics, microcrystallinities, microelectrophoreses, microelectrophoresis, microelectrophoretic, microminiaturization, micropaleontological, micropaleontologists, microphotometrically, mischaracterizations

21-letter words

meningoencephalitides, microminiaturizations, multidimensionalities

22-letter words

microspectrophotometer, microspectrophotometry

23-letter words

microspectrophotometers, microspectrophotometric

24-letter words

microelectrophoretically, microspectrophotometries

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