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I finally got around to shoot a few pix with Raynox DCR-250 macro adapter that I borrowed from a friend, to see if it's any good.
Didn't expect much, but was quite pleasantly surprised with its sharpness and brightness - esp. since it was designed for lens with 49 mm diameter and mine has 62 mm diameter.
That means, the mount adapter occludes much of my lens, causing some heavy vignetting all around of course, but the actual image is quite good, as you can see.
Since it's just a single lens, that screws into the filter thread, it's much easier to carry around and, of course, way cheaper than a dedicated macro lens. Not as much magnification as with inverted lens though, but still well over 1:1 ratio, I'd say (Raynox magnification is 8 × magnification of the primary lens).
When zoomed in on my Tamron 18-250, DOF is just as shallow as inverted 18 mm lens, but that's the case with all extreme close-up lens. Zoomed out though, DOF is deep enough to sharply capture most of a bug without focus stacking (though with much less magnification). Plus there's an added benefit that the aperture can be adjusted normally (with inverted lens, the aperture is always fully open).
This bug was some 2 to 3 mm long.
I finally got around to shoot a few pix with Raynox DCR-250 macro adapter that I borrowed from a friend, to see if it's any good.
Didn't expect much, but was quite pleasantly surprised with its sharpness and brightness - esp. since it was designed for lens with 49 mm diameter and mine has 62 mm diameter.
That means, the mount adapter occludes much of my lens, causing some heavy vignetting all around of course, but the actual image is quite good, as you can see.
Since it's just a single lens, that screws into the filter thread, it's much easier to carry around and, of course, way cheaper than a dedicated macro lens. Not as much magnification as with inverted lens though, but still well over 1:1 ratio, I'd say (Raynox magnification is 8 × magnification of the primary lens).
When zoomed in on my Tamron 18-250, DOF is just as shallow as inverted 18 mm lens, but that's the case with all extreme close-up lens. Zoomed out though, DOF is deep enough to sharply capture most of a bug without focus stacking (though with much less magnification). Plus there's an added benefit that the aperture can be adjusted normally (with inverted lens, the aperture is always fully open).
This bug was some 2 to 3 mm long.
Most probably an Issus coleoptratus nymph.
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Focus-stacked from two frames
Better large on black
Yellow Corydalis - Corydalis flavula
A pretty spring wildflower with tiny intricate flowers that are easy to miss. In the detail frame, which was backlit by sunlight, you can see drops of nectar inside the spur of the flower, I believe.
we have a little built-in brick box at the front of the house. i put in some silly annuals and two tiny strawberry plants. the white things are plastic forks, to deter neighborhood cats from using my planter as a poop box.
Tiny doesn't feel very safe in the open with birds flying over and she uses her defense stance often!
still practicing tiny knitting :P this dress still needs blocking, so it looks a bit funny in this pic. But less funny than this poor girl's hair, I guess!
Anyways, Ursula is happy with her new pink dress! she finally has something else to wear, besides her stock outfit. I guess I won't even attempt to sew anything for the petites, too intimidating!
I just realized WHY I named her Ursula.. it's after 'Friends' Phoebe's twin sister.. same hairstyle, I think.. lol!
I am silly.
Tiny bubbles (tiny bubbles)
Make me warm all over
With a feeling that I'm gonna
Love you till the end of time
So here's to the golden moon
And here's to the silver sea
And mostly here's a toast
To you and me
A couple months ago, while trying to get a photo for my 52 Week Challenge, I discovered how difficult it was to take pictures of bubbles.