Indra's net (vintage macro)

That's a rather old one 😊, new to macro photography I was really going for it at the time, pretty industrious. This was in autumn, in a cold shadowy trench, couldn't see shit through the viewfinder, just super dark (reversed lens = no aperture coupling, plus a bunch of extension tubes), and my DIY paper flash diffusor got soggy and limp really fast as well, tumbling all over the place (now, my latest versions have a proper rotating mount and a thin wire frame to prevent that, and also for shaping), but it looks like I made that up with motivation and patience, resulting in lots of photos (to weed through) and so the occasional nice frame happend. 📷

 

(Ad title: A simile used in Hindu / Buddhist philosophy to (amongst other concepts) illustrate co-dependant arising of phenomena; it's an infinitely large net of droplets, pearls or jewels, each recursively mirroring everything else, owned by the Vedic deva Indra.)

 

 

I see Flickr placed more 'ads', that also derange the overall site layout, like the side bar does. Niice.., still trying to harass people into getting Pro it seems.

Huh, is it possible that they got rid of the iStock block? (Not gonna pretend I actually look at this stuff.) To just not care or place value on the site appears to be the best strategy, ..unfortunately. When the wind blows, the trees bend.

 

 

Nikon D90 (APS-C crop sensor / DX)

Minolta MD ROKKOR 28mm f/2.8 prime

Tridax 49mm reverse mount for Nikon F

ISO200, reversed 28mm, f/8, 1/160sec

reproduction ratio: ~ 1 : 1, single shot

extension tubes, pop-up flash with DIY

medium size paper diffusor, handheld

Done