Weekly Photography Assignment: Macro

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Each week we’ll be giving you a theme that you can submit a photo for, and we’ll choose our favourite to be featured on the Nature TTL website. Participating in these assignments will be a great way for you to encourage yourself to push the boundaries of your photography and improve together as a community on the website.

Enter to be our Monthly Assignment Winner!

From these weekly favourites, each month we will select one exceptional image, crowning the photographer as the Monthly Assignment Winner. This talented photographer’s captivating image will be shared on our Instagram story and in our newsletter.

Remember to include your Instagram handle in each weekly entry for a chance to be featured!

Week 292: Macro

Our theme this week is Macro, and we’d love to see what amazing macro photos you can take! There are so many exciting ways to create new and engaging images of the smallest parts of nature. This week, practice looking for tiny interesting details and creatures in the natural world. Maybe you will capture an insect in flight, or the heart of a flower. Perhaps you’ll photograph patterns and textures in rocks or water or soil. Whether you’re a seasoned nature photographer, or are new to the genre, the options for great macro photos are endless, and we can’t wait to see what inspiring images you can create.

Here are some tutorials to help you:

To enter your photo to this assignment, add it in the comments below this post. By submitting your photo, you are giving us permission to feature your photo the following week if it is chosen as one of our favourites. Please keep images under 2MB in size otherwise you may have difficulty uploading them.

weekly photo assignment — To enter your photo, look at the comments at the bottom of the page and press the ‘Upload Image’ button.

Here are some guidelines to keep things running smoothly:

Photos must be your own work
Please enter no more than 3 photos per week
Please only enter photos taken within the LAST WEEK
Include a description with your photo and tell us a bit about it!

You have until next Monday, 19th of August, to submit your photo.

Last week’s winner

Last week’s theme was Birds – and our favourite image this week is:

This week’s winner is this image, captured by Sami DeMarco : ‘A portrait of a female Ruby-throated Hummingbird, who I named Jade. She visits my window feeder daily. This image was taken looking out the window with my camera set up on my tripod in the living room and my telephoto lens attached.’

This is a beautiful bird portrait. The framing is engaging and characterful, and the decision to present it in black and white simplifies the scene, allowing our eye to focus on the intricate details and uniqueness of the subject. Well done, and thank you to all who entered!