Photo Types: Macro (life size or larger)
Macro generally means any photo that is 1:1 or greater. “1:1” states
that the image on the sensor is the same size as the live image. If it
is equal to that or larger, it is a macro. However to most people
today macro and close-up photography are the same thing.
This photo of a Digger Bee is definitely life size or larger. It was
taken with the Nikon D3s and the Cosina/ Voigtlander 125mm f/2.
APO-Lanthar lens. This is early morning light as you can see no
blown-out areas where a ray of straight sunlight reaches the bee.
For me this is the best time to photograph, before the sun breaks
through the clouds or, if it already has, then in some shady area