Macro (I), Somewhere Over the South West Deserts of USA
The common definition of the word ‘macro’ is ‘large scale’, but in the world of photography, its taken on the opposite meaning – extreme close ups of very small things. It seemed a suitable title for this picture – it may be a large-scale aerial photo, taken from ~ 30,000ft up in the air (about as large-scale as I can manage), but at the same time, it reminds me of a close-up of a rock, piece of wood, or some exotic living organism. Two meanings for the price of one!
Very cool image! That’s the fractal aspect of nature itself.
Thank you! I hadn’t thought of it in those terms, but you’re completely right.
I thought it was a macro, too, until I read your commentary. Excellent!
I thought about asking people to guess what it was, but that seemed cruel, especially with such a misleading title 🙂
Wow! This is a really great image.
Thanks Lisa!
I love the way this photo plays with my mind…I was struggling to place it….skin, leaf, bark? Then you zoom us right out, wonderful 🙂
Yeah, the first thing that struck me about this picture was how misleading it was, without anything to give it a sense of scale, and I couldn’t resist playing it up! Glad you like it 🙂