I hate macro photography ;-)

[martinwestbeek]

I wanted to learn taking quality macro shots of my flies, so I really put some time and effort into that.
Then I thought I tied some fine hackled dries, #16 hooks, and took some macro photos of the flies.
Only to discover that these macro photos show all yr mistakes, just 20 times larger than they are.
We can never win, can we?







Mart

[lastchance]

Even the so-called experts tie flies that don't look perfect in a macro shot.

[rainbowchaser]

You think that shows up faults? I once used one of my fly pictures to test putting a photo on a fifty inch t.v. screen before showing some family pictures that night. My nice smooth dubbed body looked like a mountain range!

[Byron haugh]

Macro pics can make one a better tier......or, give up taking pics.

[mr. blur]

oh it certainly makes you better. beautiful shots of some beautiful and beautifully tied flies.

[Bruce Norikane]

Macro photos of my flies are really discouraging, but your photos are excellent and your ties are beauties. I'd be very happy to get close to those hackles.
On my monitor, those flies are magnified 12x over a sz 16 hook.

[David Parker]

Fish don't see in macro focus do they???....................if they do, holy smoke then I'd better go back to fly tying school!
IMO, Nothing wrong with your pics nor your flies, so please don't get discouraged. I wish I had a nice digital camera/macro lens to take pics of my own work, but then again, I'd likely feel even worse than you do right now.........ha!
We are all human and seeing little things that bother us only make us strive for improvement, doesn't it?
Nice work Mart.

[sagefisher]

Mart,

Very nice job of photography work and it is nice to see some of the old time standards being shown, like the brown hackle and the bi-visible.

Keep up the good work.

Larry ---sagefisher---

[planettrout]

Martin,

Keep on clicking', there is nothing wrong with those ties. Every insect a fish sees has it's blemishes...


PT/TB

[Alberto]

Martin,

Those are great flies but I feel your pain with macro-photography. Every time I look at photos of my stuff all I can do is find the blemishes. The way I see it, it makes you a better tier.

Keep on posting those photos, nice work!

Alberto