reverse lens macro - Colours

Chrissiebeez_NL

Hi! have been practicing with reverse lens macro with the canon kit lens and today got a box full of old primes to try out so my day is made

thought i'd share my enthousiasm :wink











Second day of trying sp C&C and tips are always welcome

more of my tryings can be found in this galery: http://chris-en-hils.smugmug.com/gallery/4210168/1/246924450#246924450

matasa

Hi, I like yout photos, especially N4

do you mind me asking stupid question, what does reverse lens macro means?

Chrissiebeez_NL

Hi matasa!

thanks! reverse lens macro is something i have just discovered on this forum on this thread

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=47347&highlight=reverse+lens+macro


You take a lens, 28 to 50 mm and hold it against your camerabody the other way around. you have got adapter rings so you dont have to hold it yourself. turning the lens around causes an extreme magnification. read the thread above for more info and a great shot of a fly!

i use the kitlens and a very old prime but i just love the shots i get out of it

matasa

thanks for explaining, sounds very interesting, I will try to take something with reverse lens macro

Chrissiebeez_NL

watch out! it's addicting!

Pilznr

I actually saw those photos on your website before I saw this thread. They are excellent. I especially like #4 where the focus plane actually follows the path of the lines of color on the feather.

That's actually a very fascinating technique. I've never heard of it. I have a real macro now, as you saw earlier today, and I'm wondering if there's any benefit to using the Reverse Macro method versus a 100mm macro. Thoughts?

And I agree, Macros are very addictive.

SloYerRoll

Hey Chris,
Thanks for breathing some life back into this topic. I was entry level DSLR shooter when I read that and I wanted to remember to do that when I got more notches under my belt (not that I'm any better at it now, I just know more stuff:D).

I ordered my reverse ring today and already have the light setup. I can't wat to get this from B&H and shoot everything in site!

Cool thing about this is it gives you stuff to shoot in the winter. Right now there's an old layer of snow that's half melted so there's not that much cool stuff to shoot outside.

Good shots BTW!

Cheers,
-Jon

saurora

I agree #4 is the winner here, but all are nice!!! I have always meant to try this and somehow never have!

schmoo

Wow great shots especially for a first time!

I love the idea of macro photography but have no equipment. I tried the reverse lens thing but don't have the adapter rings which makes it very hard to stay focused. You got some really nice details here, and great colors. Can't wait to see more

swintonphoto

love #2

Lord Vetinari

Love #4- good experimenting - advantage of using an old manual lens for this is you can easily set the aperture of the reversed lens. About the highest magnification you can get is about 3:1 with a lens around 30mm I think. You get focus or vignetting problems with anything smaller.

Brian V.

Chrissiebeez_NL

thanks all for your positive commenting!

focussing with the thin depth of field is a bit of a drag but it really opens your eyes, looking everywhere for textures and patterns. looking forward to the photos you get with the reverse ring macro schmooo and sloyerroll!

Skippy

Chrissiebeez_NL wrote:

Hi! have been practicing with reverse lens macro with the canon kit lens and today got a box full of old primes to try out so my day is made

thought i'd share my enthousiasm

Second day of trying sp C&C and tips are always welcome

more of my tryings can be found in this galery: http://chris-en-hils.smugmug.com/gallery/4210168/1/246924450#246924450

Hi Chris, I tried to use the reverse lens idea, but I struggled with it,
and could not see for the love of it a decent image that I could focus.

Obviously I was doing it all wrong........ so I figured what the heck
get a Macro Lens Skippy and just shoot

So I gave up and got the Canon 100mm Macro.

You got some great detail, in those Peacock feathers.
I give you 10 points for being patient enough to get this many shots too .... thanks for sharing .... Skippy
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