Oct 15.

With every day that passes, it’s becoming more of a struggle to finish this project. Anyone have any photos they would like to see or have taken? Anything that might provide a challenge?

Aug 20.

A Macro shot of a stem of a Sweet Pea flower… complete with with water droplets. I’m really getting into the whole Macro thing… if I keep this up, I’ll have to buy a proper Macro lens. Might have to wait till after the old recession is over though. At the moment, I’m cheating (and ultimately wasting more time) by using a reversing ring to attach my kit lens (18-55mm) to my nifty fifty.

Aug 4.

A macro shot of some sponge like material on a set of flower lights belonging to Sí.

Jul 13.

This is no ordinary fly… it’s a tiny tiny fly. It was just a theeveen** under 2mm long. I took this using the 75mm-300mm with a reversing ring and my 50mm on the end. The depth of field is extremely shallow, but that might be because I’m doing something wrong. I’ll just need to take some time and play around with the setup a little. This is the quick and dirty approach to Macro Photography, anyone considering giving it a go, you’ll need to get your hands on a decent “real” macro lens.

**I may not have spelled it correctly, but for anyone wondering what a Theeveen is: “A theeveen is the smallest unit of measurement known to man” – Eanna Carroll, 2007.