{"id":3124,"date":"2013-04-14T16:28:23","date_gmt":"2013-04-15T00:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.snippetsfromsuburbia.com\/?p=3124"},"modified":"2013-04-20T10:43:43","modified_gmt":"2013-04-20T18:43:43","slug":"macro-attempts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snippetsfromsuburbia.com\/?p=3124","title":{"rendered":"Macro Attempts :)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have owned a macro lens for several years, and have never once felt like I got an excellent macro capture with the dumb thing.  I can&#8217;t figure out if it&#8217;s me, my lens, or my eyesight that sucks.  I made it a personal goal to get better, though.  Here are a few shots from the last couple of weeks where I was trying to be creative, but also really get a close up that I felt was sharp and detailed.  I&#8217;m not so sure I&#8217;d call any of these GREAT photographs, although the praying mantis composition sure does make me happy :)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/snippets_from_suburbia\/8648629531\/\" title=\"Why, hello there by snippets_from_suburbia, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8391\/8648629531_9b571cc964_b.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"728\" alt=\"Why, hello there\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/snippets_from_suburbia\/8614784927\/\" title=\"More experimenting by snippets_from_suburbia, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8539\/8614784927_1e98c7de1c_b.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"754\" alt=\"More experimenting\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/snippets_from_suburbia\/8611658837\/\" title=\"Macro Roses by snippets_from_suburbia, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8114\/8611658837_38b7efccfa_b.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"630\" alt=\"Macro Roses\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/snippets_from_suburbia\/8614804320\/\" title=\"Trying Something New :) by snippets_from_suburbia, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8405\/8614804320_15297cc8b5_b.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"748\" alt=\"Trying Something New :)\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.snippetsfromsuburbia.com\/blogfiles\/footer.png\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/snippetsfromsuburbiaphotography\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.snippetsfromsuburbia.com\/blogfiles\/FB-icon.png\" title=\"Snippets from Suburbia Photography on Facebook\"><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.snippetsfromsuburbia.com\/2012\/366Project\/5px.jpg\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/snippets\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.snippetsfromsuburbia.com\/blogfiles\/Pin-icon.png\" title=\"Follow Me on Pinterest\"><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.snippetsfromsuburbia.com\/2012\/366Project\/5px.jpg\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/snippets\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.snippetsfromsuburbia.com\/blogfiles\/Ins-icon.png\" title=\"Follow Me on Instagram\"><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.snippetsfromsuburbia.com\/2012\/366Project\/5px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.snippetsfromsuburbia.com\/blogfiles\/Email-icon.png\" title=\"Send email to allison@snippetsfromsuburbia.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.snippetsfromsuburbia.com\/blogfiles\/footer.png\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have owned a macro lens for several years, and have never once felt like I got an excellent macro capture with the dumb thing. I can&#8217;t figure out if it&#8217;s me, my lens, or my eyesight that sucks. 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