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Post by ChrisB on May 18, 2018 23:01:37 GMT
Step OneTake an extremely small object. 
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Post by ChrisB on May 18, 2018 23:14:10 GMT
Step Two:Take a lens. The shorter the focal length is, the better. It's best if it allows you to manually select the aperture. Any fitting will do - it doesn't even matter if it doesn't fit onto your camera! 
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Post by ChrisB on May 18, 2018 23:24:15 GMT
Step Three:Find out out what diameter filter the lens will accept. Spend about four pounds on a reverse adapter. 
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Post by ChrisB on May 18, 2018 23:32:24 GMT
Step Four:Take your lens and turn it back to front. Screw the adapter onto the front of your lens where you would normally attach the filter. Attach the lens to your camera the wrong way round. 
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Post by ChrisB on May 18, 2018 23:40:36 GMT
Step Five:
Remember that tiny object that you found at the beginning?
Put it somewhere where there is lots of light.
Mount the camera onto a tripod and get the front end of the lens really close to your tiny object.
Set the focusing ring to infinity.
Select an appropriate aperture setting for the subject.
Move the camera to a position where the subject is something like in focus.
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Post by ChrisB on May 18, 2018 23:44:06 GMT
Step Five:Click  That was a very early effort. Like half an hour after the package with the reverse adapter was opened. I've got a lot to learn, I can see that. I have worked out some ways to make my pictures better and I will need some time to explore that. But BLOODY HELL! This is incredible!!!! Those yellow blobs are individual grains of pollen. BLOODY HELL!!!!!!!!
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Post by DaveC on May 19, 2018 7:42:25 GMT
Wow ! And a stylus tip next ?
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Post by ChrisB on May 19, 2018 8:15:35 GMT
Could be!
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Post by Slinger on May 19, 2018 12:36:18 GMT
A cheap ring flash might be something to experiment with. You can pick a new one up for under £25.00 these days. THIS is the one I bought, but haven't used yet. Neewer sells what looks to be exactly the same flash, but a bit cheaper. |
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Post by ChrisB on May 19, 2018 13:22:14 GMT
Yes, I was looking at those this morning. I think I need a 4-way focusing rail first, though.
They're both on the list, but right now I need to stop spending money!
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Post by MartinT on May 19, 2018 16:22:55 GMT
...or use a very slow shutter speed with small aperture to give you better depth of field and shine a bright LED torch all over the subject.
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Post by ChrisB on May 19, 2018 17:22:30 GMT
That's exactly what I did in the photo above Martin.
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Post by MartinT on May 19, 2018 18:34:27 GMT
Ah, you're ahead of me then.
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Post by ChrisB on Jul 21, 2018 19:49:51 GMT
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Post by stanleyb on Jul 24, 2018 9:32:53 GMT
Yes, I was looking at those this morning. I think I need a 4-way focusing rail first, though. They're both on the list, but right now I need to stop spending money! I got some bits that I was thinking of putting on eBay, and might be of interest to you for a small fee. I'll dig them up and take pics.
One of the reasons I bought the Panasonic G80 camera is because of its focus stacking and focus bracketing facility. This makes some focusing rail options obsolete.
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Post by ChrisB on Jul 24, 2018 11:53:53 GMT
That sounds interesting Stan, thanks for thinking of me
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