This is the macro lens set-up we will build in this post. Notice the orientation of the brand name THORLABS on the barrel of the lens. As pictured above, this is intentionally backwards from the manufacturer recommendations.
Green Sweat Bee
My area of focus in photography changed a few years ago toward macro photography. It seemed that photographing bugs and flowers might allow me to escape the crowds and all-too-popular iconic sites of landscape photography. An early step in this process was to build a bug stage allowing for easier placement of the bugs, lights, flashes and my camera.
Fang, the Jumping Spider
My latest macro photography has included jumping spiders. So now I have one as a pet… It likes to eat live flies. Continue reading
A common 55mm lenses mounted backwards on bellows can produce a macro photograph in the range of five times life size. What are the advantages of a bellows vs. the Canon MP-E 65mm lens? How does one set up a macro lens using a bellows?
Sergeant Pepper
Avid photographers with an expensive macro lens may use it for years and years, never taking a single macro photograph… Continue reading
Bee on a Cone Flower
I’ve been exploring macro photography as an alternative to following the crowd and photographing landscapes, beautiful sunsets, sunrises and iconic locations. Continue reading