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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]