Athziri_Macro

 

Requirement 1: Foreground

Since it is the holiday season, I kept seeing how many ornaments we had lying around the house, and I realized that I never actually focused much on what they look like and what material they are made out of. Using the camera on my phone, I switched it to portrait mode and I tried my best to only focus on the ornament itself, while having everything behind it blurred out.

Requirement 2: Mid-Ground

Again, another ornament that is nicely decorating my living room. With this one, I simple took a regular picture without the portrait mode but it ended up focusing really well on the ornament in contrast to the leaves around it. 

Requirement 2 and 4: Mid-Ground and Plants

While the pinecone is not actually real, I found that this picture was really nice and I liked how the background faded nicely against the pinecone, while some of the leaves in front also shaded nicely. For the actual plant in the second photo, I used my portrait mode again to get a contrast between the plant and the background.

Requirement 3: Bug

I didn't plan this shot in specific, while I was doing this project I did not think I would find a bug, but lo and behold a baby scorpion ended up showing up at my doorstep, so I just snapped the photo before thinking. 

Requirement 5: Man-made Objects

I grabbed my earrings that I had worn that day and I snapped a photo of them, but it was quite hard to make it contrast the background. However, I still like how I was able to closely look at the details it has which I had hardly taken the time to notice before.