It just so happened, that I got two Honorable Mentions in International Photography Awards (IPA) 2020 competition, meaning I was in the top 45 in non-professional Macro-category. 
I have photographed only for 4,5 years (and have owned a macro objective for 2,5 years), so naturally I'm extremely grateful for these Honorable Mentions. It also helps knowing that my photo editing was successful.
In the first photo two ants hug each other, while aphids do "cow's job" in the insect world.
Another Honorable Mention came from a collage, which consists of 9 photos (taken in a span of 40 days) of flies in backgrounds of rainbow's colours.
Equipment used was a good affordable combination, meaning Olympus E-M10 II + Olympus 60mm f/2.8 Macro + Raynox-lens + smallest Godox-flash, which can cost about 800 € in total.
A Loving Community:
https://www.photoawards.com/winner/zoom.php?eid=8-188045-20
All-Fly Zone:
https://www.photoawards.com/winner/zoom.php?eid=8-188966-20
All are ISO 200 & cropped by ~0-5 %, edited with Dxo Photolab 3.
Apertures were f/11 - f/14, so this gives a good hint at how much diffraction really matters. Although of course maybe I would have won with less of it.
Instagram: @soul_in_reflection
(My webpage is not up yet.)
I have photographed only for 4,5 years (and have owned a macro objective for 2,5 years), so naturally I'm extremely grateful for these Honorable Mentions. It also helps knowing that my photo editing was successful.
In the first photo two ants hug each other, while aphids do "cow's job" in the insect world.
Another Honorable Mention came from a collage, which consists of 9 photos (taken in a span of 40 days) of flies in backgrounds of rainbow's colours.
Equipment used was a good affordable combination, meaning Olympus E-M10 II + Olympus 60mm f/2.8 Macro + Raynox-lens + smallest Godox-flash, which can cost about 800 € in total.
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A Loving Community:
https://www.photoawards.com/winner/zoom.php?eid=8-188045-20
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All-Fly Zone:
https://www.photoawards.com/winner/zoom.php?eid=8-188966-20
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All are ISO 200 & cropped by ~0-5 %, edited with Dxo Photolab 3.
Apertures were f/11 - f/14, so this gives a good hint at how much diffraction really matters. Although of course maybe I would have won with less of it.
Instagram: @soul_in_reflection
(My webpage is not up yet.)
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