DIY Macro Lighting - Light Tent
Light tents are a great way to get that perfect shot for reverse lens macro photography. Most of the time you end up with the lens so close to the subject and you just can’t get enough light in there with a flash or even a bounce. I desided to do a small round up of several of the better DIY light tent setups.
There is a great article over at the Digital Photography School where they used an over head light, cardboard box, and tissue paper to get some great shots. Here is a picture of the rig in question:
The results look pretty awesome:
Another Interest example is over at roughfisher.com where they used it to shoot fishing equipment. The rig is very close to the same but they used fabric:
The results didn’t turn out to bad either, but it looks like they used a direct flash showing alot of glare:
User curtisjudd over on youtube posted a video of his setup:
Macro Lighting Setup - Fluorescent Ring Bulb
Lighting is always a difficult subject when it comes to macro photography and especially towards the budget minded photographer at home. I have seen plenty of ring lights and other do it yourself contraptions but I noticed something the other day in a forum post on dcresource that caught my eye as I have never [...]
A Few More Nice Reverse Macro Photos
I grabbed a few of these over at Shrine Lake on a reversed Sigma 18-50mm with a Canon T1i body. I hope you enjoy:
Comparing a Real Macro Lens to a Reversed Lens
In this site’s about section we discuss why to use a reverse macro lens, so I thought it would be important to get some comparison shots with real macro lens at a close to the same magnification.
Here is a sample of the difference on a Canon Xt shooting a Canon 100mm Macro vs a Reversed [...]
A Few Nice Reverse Macro Samples
I took this the other day in a garden of a friend of mine. They were shot a reversed 18-50mm sigma lens and a Canon T1i body. I am fairly happy how the $70 lens turned out as a macro lens.
Rose Pedals:
Bee Collecting Pollen:
Rose Bud: