ˌmacrophoˈtography
[f. macro- + photography.]
Photography in which objects are reproduced larger than or at their actual size but without the degree of magnification that use of a microscope would give.
| 1889 E. J. Wall Dict. Photogr. 114 Macro-photography, a term used to denote the enlargement of the negative. 1940 A. L. M. Sowerby Wall's Dict. Photogr. (ed. 15) 438 Macro-photographs, term applied to photographs of small objects reproduced at or about natural size. Macro-photography occupies a position intermediate between ordinary photography, in which objects are much reduced, and photo-micrography, in which objects are shown greatly enlarged. 1958 Newnes Compl. Amat. Photogr. xiv. 147 Macrophotography, showing all the colour variations of a natural subject in close-up, is a fruitful field. 1964 Times Rev. Industry Apr. 42/2 Representatives..demonstrating photomicrography, oscillography, macrophotography and general industrial photography to present or potential Polaroid users in industry. 1967 Pix 6 May 24 It might be said that photomacrography (or macro-photography) is that area of close-up photography which lies between what can be done by a simple dioptre lens (close-up attachment lens) and what requires the attachment of the camera to a microscope (i.e., photomicrography). |
So ˌmacroˈphotograph, a photograph produced by macrophotography.
| 1900 Dorland Med. Dict. 370/1 Macrophotograph, an enlarged photograph. 1933 Burlington Mag. Jan. 15/2 A wealth of information is recorded by the X-rays, macro-photographs, micro-photographs and details. 1940 [see above]. 1973 Sci. Amer. Feb. 63/2 (Advt.), Macrophotographs (formerly up to 10 times actual size) can now be made up to 14·8 times actual size. |