alanhitchcock49
Extension Tube experiment
These shots were taken in my garden yesterday. It was too cold for a fair weather photographer like me to set up a tripod, and a couple of the subjects were also low down - another problem when the ground is so soft and wet and I am getting no younger. I used a combination of my new 50mm F1.8 Canon lens and an extension tube. An attempt at what you might call cheapo macro. The leaf is sage and the new growth is Hebe, I think. The inside of a Crocus and a Snail shell make up the quartet. I suspect that really good macro shots using this combination are not possible without a tripod (for me, anyway), especially if you want any DOF. And you have to be really close, which probably rules out insect photography. On the other hand I now have a very small, light lens to try as a walkaround.
Extension Tube experiment
These shots were taken in my garden yesterday. It was too cold for a fair weather photographer like me to set up a tripod, and a couple of the subjects were also low down - another problem when the ground is so soft and wet and I am getting no younger. I used a combination of my new 50mm F1.8 Canon lens and an extension tube. An attempt at what you might call cheapo macro. The leaf is sage and the new growth is Hebe, I think. The inside of a Crocus and a Snail shell make up the quartet. I suspect that really good macro shots using this combination are not possible without a tripod (for me, anyway), especially if you want any DOF. And you have to be really close, which probably rules out insect photography. On the other hand I now have a very small, light lens to try as a walkaround.