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I've been wondering if it's possible to get up close to water drops as you do with something like the Tamron 90mm... though I'm guessing you probably use some reverse lens technique?
you will see all of the lenses I use to get this close.
I don't exactly use a reverse lens technique, but rather an extra lens technique.
I have some lenses that are broken down to just the main lens that would be at the end of the camera.
I don't reverse it, I only need to place it over the end of the lens (curved side facing out just like the cameras
lens is). To get as close as I did in this shot I take one large lens and one small lens and place them face to face.
And than I place the larger lens over my cameras lens. In a sense I don't use a reverse lens on the camera but I do on the extra lens that's not a part of the cameras lens.
I hope all of this information makes sense.
I was using the prime lens on this camera with my lens technique.
If you use a Tamaron 90mm it would get you even closer than this, if you used an extra lens the way I did.
I'd love to what you could capture with that 90mm and a double up lens set up.
It must be because you have all those fancy bits of lenses you found which are ideal sizes and fit properly on one another
LOVING that CD technique - always wondered how you got that beautiful rainbow!
I'm highly considering getting the Tamron - just waiting till I save up a bit
There is so much to consider.
That whole vignette issue use to drive me crazy,
until I realized I could change that by using a larger lens.
THE NUMBER ONE FACTOR TO CONSIDER: The larger the diameter is of the lens,
the larger the view; I thought about it the same way this works with a telescope.
That's how I started choosing what lens to search for and use
when shooting macro.
The reverse lens technique you tried on that droplet doesn't work that well.
Here's why: The extra lens needs to be almost touching the camera lens,
other wise if they are too far apart by even a few millimeters you'll get a foggy blur effect
and a very small focus area or sweet spot.
Thank you, yeah, that CD technique works like a charm.
I'm looking forward to the good news of when you get that Tamron lens.
I can't have the glass of the two lenses I own touching each other exactly because the actual glass of the 50 is a bit recessed :/ That explains it though - thanks
I was also contemplating the idea of extension tubes - apparently those do a great job too, while not including any extra glass in the way so if I have a sharp lens to start with I should be fine
Some of the most successful macro photographers don't use only brand name macro lenses or expensive lenses.
Most use extension tubes (homemade or purchased online), some use a camera bellows and extension tubes.
Macro photography isn't like the other types of photography; when a photographer wants to get a long shot
of a subject they must use the best lens for shooting the distance, so a photographer would need the most
ideal telephoto zoom lens. If a photographer wanted to get a whole landscape scene in one take, they would need
a lens that is for panoramic shots.
A macro photographer isn't as limited nor is it plain and simple as the other types of photography.
That's why you don't see a whole lot of them out there.
It's a lot of work trying to find the right kind of flash (or to make your own soft box or flash bounce apparatus).
It's a lot of hard work trying to find the perfect combination of lenses that work best when coupled together.
Making extension tubes that are the right length for the lenses that aren't exactly macro lenses, because the store bought
extension tubes might have been too short or too long for the perfect focus.
Yeah those Kenko sets are a pretty good investment and they do work pretty good for the price and for the distance that you
are trying to narrow and shoot in. With only a 50mm lens, they won't get you close enough. You'll need a telephoto zoom lens
or a Tamron macro lens. That's just the way those Kenko lenses are, they get you a very sharp focus, but they don't that much closer without an extension tube set up.
Here's a few links that have some helpful technical information.
1. A crazy but highly effective macro camera set up. [link]
2. Another crazy macro set up. [link]
3. DIY $10 Macro Photo Studio [link]
4. Three Super Macro Rigs You Can Build At Home [link]