reverse macro photography. For everyone who doesn't know what this is, it's basically a technique where you mount your lense reversely onto your camera and go from a basic kit lens to a ultra macro lens. You loose AF capabilities but you get great pictures. It just takes a while to figure everything out.

Macro Mondays, theme - Needle and Thread

Photographed with a reverse-mounted Nikkor 50 mm lens set to f/1.4. Lit with a single candle. Single exposure.

For an image with scale, see here:

www.flickr.com/gp/kuriyan/0u62kY

Shot taken with the reverse mounted 18-55 mm kit lens and external flash.

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Honey bee macro closeup using reverse macro ring on a Canon 1300 D/Rebel T6

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee

The delicate wings of the dragonfly - up close with a reverse macro setup with 18-55mm lens

Different #texture in #shells 🐚

Hi-res pictures are here:

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#stilllife #macro clicked with reverse ring #canon 18-55mm on #canon1300d

Basic edits and processing using #darktable

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@siaphotogs

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#reversering

#india

#canonphotography

#canonindia

#canonedge

@photographers_of_india

#hyderabadlive

#hyderabad

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#Vishnu

#nature

#seashell

#conchshell

#holy

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Different #texture in #shells 🐚

Hi-res pictures are here:

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#stilllife #macro clicked with reverse ring #canon 18-55mm on #canon1300d

Basic edits and processing using #darktable

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We found this little fella near the bee stock in the woods! Dusty and taking a break! Take a look at the details!

Shot taken with the reverse mounted 18-55 mm kit lens and external flash.

I always loved watching #dragonflies flirting away with their delicate gossamer wings

I caught a #lucky break when I spotted this #beauty in blue

It was a long time #hope come true when this patient guy endured my #bumbling with a rather basic handheld reverse ring macro with #canon1300D

#reversering

#BeautyInBlue

#foss

Translucent garden spider

reverse macro

focused on the eyes

Odontomantis sp, Family: Hymenopodidae

This is another reverse macro technique, I am very satisfied with the project.

Can you see the sharpness of the Sap? I think that is Sap rather than drops.

As imaging art, One shall spend few minutes in examing & appreciating the details of the details of the nature creation.

Then you can understand why the value of the master piece of those artist be it the east or the west.

Compound eyes of the dragonfly

I swear they stare into your soul O-O

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I want a holiday with a scene

Of green, green and green

A summer of green trees

A landscape of green grass

A view full of green vegetables

The color green

Is a beauty that must be seen!

From a moving vehicles screen

And while we hold onto those machines

That deprives us of the color green

Remember they provide us vaccines

As well as help the air to be clean

So for green, green and green

I will travel continents across and in-between

And also to any place that I have never been

I will make it routine

Just to see green, green and green

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Eysarcoris sp, Family: Pentatomidae

Abutilon sp, Family: Malvaceae

Playing around with the camera and today was a reverse macro day. I dont have a macro rig but I took off the lens and held it back to front to the camera. This is a picture of a magnolia stamen close up.

Closeup of the eyes. 100mm f/2.8 Sigma + reversed 50mm. Hit with SB-800 camera right.

Eysarcoris sp, Family: Pentatomidae

well, I haven't posted anything for a long long time . . .

So for anyone out there who is still following me I wish you the very best for this New year!

I am back at work and have a late start today, doing a few chores but in the process saw this gorgeous little fella poking his head up above the recently cut lawn!

Today is predicted to be a real scorcher here so he won't last long, but in this short moment when the sun is just catching the dew drops , I took the time to document the now.

used my old hand held 28-105 reversed lens technique.

Freelensed reverse lens macro

Not completely happy with the focus here but I set myself a difficult challenge today. I used an old helios 44M lens reversed as macro but attempted to learn freelensing in the process (I am a big fan of lensbaby so freelensing has been on my must learn list for a while!)

HMM!

Also 6/52 for #31 heart 52 of 2017

(Unknown), Family:Sepsidae

4mm dipteran fly, shot with diffused internal flash.

Sepsidae are a moderately large, cosmopolitan family of saprophagous flies with species recorded from all zoogeographic regions. Most species have slender, ant-like profiles, ranging from 2-6mm in length, with bead-like heads, petiolate abdomina and relatively few setae. Sepsids are active flies, with a characteristic rapid gait accompanied by lateral wing waving. The majority of sepsids are attracted to dung and/or carrion. Sepsid courtship is a rigorous affair, with shaking, leg taps, sternite brush stimulation, and even 'kissing'.

Wikipedia: The Sepsidae are a family of flies, commonly called the black scavenger flies or ensign flies. Over 300 species are described worldwide. They are usually found around dung or decaying plant and animal material. Many species resemble ants, having a "waist" and glossy black body. Many Sepsidae have a curious wing-waving habit made more apparent by dark patches at the wing end.

Many species have a very wide distribution, reflecting the coprophagous habit of most Sepsidae. Some species have been spread over large territories in association with livestock. Adult flies are found mostly on mammal excrement, including that of humans (less often on other rotting organic matter), where eggs are laid and larvae develop, and on nearby vegetation, carrion, fermenting tree sap, and shrubs and herbs.

Many Sepsidae apparently play an important biological role as decomposers of mammal and other animal excrement. Some species may have a limited hygienic importance because of their association with human feces. Others are useful tools in forensic entomology.

more macro fun

Macro work with 50mm lens reverse mounted .

Canon 750D/T6i with 50mm F/1.8 STM lens. In camera flash used with DIY defuser

1 cent

Flor minúscula (Escala) - Tiny flower (Scale)

(Macro com Nikkor AF 28-70mm f/3.5-4.5D invertida @50mm)

(Reverse macro with Nikkor AF 28-70mm f/3.5-4.5D @50mm)

Translucent garden spider

reverse macro

focused on legs and spikes on the legs

a lovely day

Canon EOS 500d

Canon 28mm fd lens in reverse

33mm extension tubes

Canon 430EX flash with modified diffuser softbox

Edited in DPP and photoshop with added contrast and some HDR toning.

Another mystery post this time - can you guess what it is?

Read along for the answer and please post a comment of your first guess

Here are some hints:

1 - Used in Hindu worship

2 - found in the sea

3 - home to another

It's a stilllife macro shot taken with reverse ring and focus stacking to creat the HDR

Answer at the bottom of the post.

Basic edits and processing using my favourite editing tool darktable

Feedback and critique are welcome.

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The #Answer?

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conch

Conch shell found in the seas.

It's a symbol of the Hindu God of preservation, Vishnu

This was shot at Lee Falls in Walhalla, South Carolina. The mushroom was backlit with a small penlight. The final image is a composite of three separate images stacked together in photoshop. I really love this style of photography as it allows me to be super creative in post-processing. I always learn something doing these edits, and it is very rewarding.

Thanks for looking :)

This was one of the smallest jumping spiders i have ever seen. So beautiful!

Honey bee macro closeup using reverse macro ring on a Canon 1300 D/Rebel T6

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee

Attempt to reverse macro freelense again. Not so successful this week, it is bloomin hard! More 'normal' macro shot in comments (but not as fun!)

For macro Monday - metal

and 52 of 2017 #23 coin

(Unknown species), Family: Chrysididae

I replaced what I posted earlier with this one; I like it a lot better. The sun came out and I ran out to try the reverse lens macro with the dew again, and I'm much happier with the results.

So, a mystery post this time - can you guess what this is? Read along for the answer.

Here are some hints:

- has an amazing aroma

- It's very commonly in worshipping Hindu Gods

Given my limited equipment, it's a handheld macro shot taken with reverse ring.

Answer at the bottom of the post.

Basic edits and processing using my latest favourite editing tool #darktable

Feedback and critique are welcome.

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#grasshopper

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The #Answer?

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocimum_tenuiflorum

#Seed pods of the #Tulsi or #Holybasil plant

#holybasil

#holy

#basil

#macromonday

Canon EOS 60D + Tamron SP 70-210 1:3,5-4 CF Tele Macro 52A+

+ reversed Jupiter 8 1:2 F=5cm

tiny mushrooms destined for a stir fry tomorrow.

Carrhotus viduus, Family: Salticidae

Tiny 5mm juvenile spider in its nest, with stored kill (or maybe exuvia). The nest is constructed at the tip of a mango leaf.

Canon G11 + LA-DC58K + reversed Jupiter 9 -2/85mm

I wonder they all have been acting to small for all this long