Bee Extreme Closeup - Reverse Lens Macro Comparison
Sometimes flowers just don’t tell the tale when it comes to macro, so I lucked out and happened upon a bee that had passed on (RIP). It gave me a chance to get a controlled setup to compare a few things. Lets first take a long at the true 1:1 macro lens.
The sigma 50mm DG 2.8:
Reversed Sigma 18-50mm DC 3.5-5:
Tamron 28-300mm 3.5-5.6 with a 50mm Canon 1.8 stacked in front reversed for 6:1:
If you click through you can actually blow up the images to make out the different lenses of the bee’s eye. Fairly impressive for some stacked camera lenses. I think this still tells an interesting tale of very razor thin dof, uncontrollable aperture, but overall interesting photography.
Comparing a Reverse Macro Lens to a Real Macro Lens
I just got my 52mm reverse adapter ring and thought it would be good to do a comparison of 50mm lens compared to a real macro lens. All of these shots were taken on a Canon T1i, 1/160 shutter, and with the use of a bounce flash.
Lets start out with the “real macro” lens, the [...]
Stacked Lenses Macro Sample Shots
I wrote last time regarding stacked lenses setups and I don’t think its fair to write about other’s rigs without showing mine. Over the weekend I decided to take a few sample shots. The rig that was used was a Canon T1i, Tamron 28-300mm VC, Canon 50mm 1.8 stacked and reversed. I used a male [...]
Stacked Lenses Setups
What do you want to do when you are a budget minded photographer and you want to do some extreme macro? You stack lenses of course! Stack Lenses? Why should I be stacking my lenses? What does that mean?
Basically it is just as it sounds. You take your telephoto lens or a high range [...]
Introduction into Product Photography Lighting on the DIY Side
I know of a lot of people setting up reverse lens macro setups to photograph products. It is a very controlled studio setting with controlled lighting which for this form of photography is a marriage made in heaven. I found this great video introduction from user prophotolife on youtube showing you how to setup a foam board [...]