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An extreme macro of a naturally growing plant in Boulder, Colorado.

Using what I like to call "Poor Man's Macro", I am able to pull off the same style of shot by mounting my 50mm backwards on the camera body. Because there are no electrical contacts my aperture reads 00, meaning the shallowest depth of field possible. A flash bounced off the ceiling allows me to leave the ISO at 100 and still properly expose one of the many shots fired off trying to nail the focus on the super close detail.
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Mood: Love ~accidental-artist Jun 5, 2011
yum!
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~accidental-artist Jun 5, 2011
lol, looks like thc to me...
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*BradLeeDaleNorth Jun 5, 2011  Professional Photographer
Looks like you are absolutely right. :)
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*Jacob-Routzahn Jun 7, 2011  Professional Photographer
:D
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Mood: Wow! =Okavanga Jun 5, 2011
Hi Brad - remarkable shot. By chance, I found a reversing ring in my equipment that I must have bought a few years ago. I reverse mounted one of my lens but seem to have very little control of the image. I assume you use a tripod, but is there a way of getting the plane of exposure correct other than by trial and error?

Cheers

David
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*BradLeeDaleNorth Jun 5, 2011  Professional Photographer
It's difficult to nail a shot and trial and error is how I do all of these. What lens are you using? If it's a telephoto, leave it at the widest focal length, that will get you the closest. Pushing it to the narrow end will allow you to move back a bit.

I do not use a tripod, all hand held. Instead of focusing with the lens I move the camera closer or farther away from the subject, while trying to keep the focal plane as parallel as possible. It takes a little getting used to but once you can get something in focus it's a ton of fun.
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=Okavanga Jun 5, 2011
Thanks for the prompt reply, Brad. I was using the EFS 18-55mm lens, but I've switched to the EF 50mm 1.4 lens as it seem more robust and has only the one focal length to worry about. I've tried hand-held along the lines you suggest, but with limited success - I suppose it is camera shake in the third dimension! What I'm going to do is set up the tripod and work that way until I get something reasonable, then when I know what I'm looking for I'll go back to hand-held.

Thank you very much for your advice in this matter.

David
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*BradLeeDaleNorth Jun 7, 2011  Professional Photographer
No problem, I'd like to see what you get from it!
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