Category Archives: Macro

As you’ve seen here and here, US currency has some pretty cool words/images hidden on it.  I had two versions of the $5 and was pleasantly surprised to find that both of them had microprinting! Let’s start with the previous … Continue reading →

As promised, here’s more of the hidden images found in our bills!  Today, we’ll be looking at the $20 and $10 bills.  Here’s the 20: Along the bottom of the bill are the words ‘THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 20 … Continue reading →

I was watching Psych a little while back when I came across an episode that involved counterfeit $100 bills.  Over the course of the show, they mentioned microprinting, which got me curious.  So I grabbed my macro lens and a … Continue reading →

We have several frogs at our house- from the big bullfrogs I can hear, but never see to those bright green tree frogs that stick to the side of the house.  Here’s one of those tree frogs: Seriously, how cute … Continue reading →

A few months ago, I came across this article from Adorama about how to shoot super close-ups of snowflakes by reverse-mounting your lens.  We don’t have any snow, so I used the next best thing: spices.  Ok, maybe not the … Continue reading →