macro. creeps me out

hello . i got me a macro lens ( sigma 105 ). i've seen some great macros but guess what?. watching buggs too close creeps me.
has this happened to you? if so. how do you deal with it.
love colors . but man they look freaky up close.

I use macro to capture textures or little details of construction that I find interesting. It's also fun to get up in the faces of the cats.

Macro doesn't have to mean photographing bugs. Is there something else that would be interesting but not creep you out?

well... i do flowers but i like i said i like the colors and textures of buggs. love to see the eyes of spiders and stuff. but when i went shooting grass hoppers, i would find myself getting goose pumps.
those things are about 3" to 5" big

I understand. I have to be careful looking at the macro forum - butterflies or a lizard no problem, but creepy spiders or a beetle ACK not so much.

With a 100+ macro I would remind myself that I'm actually a fair distance away and figure that if I keep taking photos I'll eventually get used to seeing the bugs so up close and personal.

With a 100+ macro I would remind myself that I'm actually a fair distance away and figure that if I keep taking photos I'll eventually get used to seeing the bugs so up close and personal.[/QUOTE]

thats what i've been hoping. but some are ugly and gross looking

Uhhhh, yeah! That's why I'm sticking with fabric, lag bolts and cats.

illrooster132 wrote in post #10559792
hello . i got me a macro lens ( sigma 105 ). i've seen some great macros but guess what?. watching buggs too close creeps me.
has this happened to you? if so. how do you deal with it.
love colors . but man they look freaky up close.

Think if you like the colour and texture of bugs - just keep on trying to shoot them - you should get used to it after a while.
Brian v.

you said bugs are creepy!!!, I'm now in quest to complete a set of desert scorpions.. I don't now how to manage with 100 macro, I'm thinking of getting the 180 ...

I'm not a fan of bugs either, when I do put the macro on (rarely) I shoot my sons action figures. lol they make great models!

I can't believe this thread..

Hi! I bought a "Portrait Lens" but people just freak me out! LoL...this thread is funny

A few years ago I tried to take people pictures in the street. This old lady actually attacked me with her cane. Never took people pictures again.
Bugs are so much better, no cane, better colors, no screaming, often curious.

i just wanted to share some of the things that creep me out.
heights, extreme deepts etc...

LLBNY wrote in post #10563467
A few years ago I tried to take people pictures in the street. This old lady actually attacked me with her cane. Never took people pictures again.
Bugs are so much better, no cane, better colors, no screaming, often curious.

OMG that's hysterical.

Wait, I mean, I'm so sorry, were you ok?

Ignuzz: I am OK. Try the old ladies playing Mahjong in Chinatown Columbus Park , you are not so far!!!!