Macrocritters?

[Gator Diver]

Can someone tell me exactly what that means. I tried
the search function but came up empty. Are they things
like shrimp? If they are, shouldn't they be called micro critters.
Thanks.

 

[SuPrBuGmAn]

Small organisms that require a device that will provide magnification to get a good look at(like a camera with macro options). The term isn't used just for small shrimp, but it definately includes quite a few species

 

[archman]

It's not a biological term. My guess is like SuPrBuGmAn says, photographic slang for features requiring a macro lens.

 

[Mike Veitch]

Yep, and for some reason us photographers call it macro instead of micro, don't ask me why. Even the lenses say micro as opposed to macro...

 

[maractwin]

Having done both macro and micro photography, there is definately a difference. In macro photography, you're shooting pictures of things generally in the 1/4 inch to 1 inch size. In micro photography, you're talking really microscopic. This is often done with a camera attached to a microscope (certainly not hand-held).

Here's a quick shot of a newly hatched octopus larvae, shot at 60x magnification. He's about 1000 microns (1mm) long. This was taken using a DigitalBlue QX3 microscope (USB camera).

-Mark

 

[Gator Diver]

thanks for the information.
Happy Diving