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hereticzero

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I like macro and reverse lensing -- turning the macro lens around backwards and using it like a microscope for extreme macro closeups. I've been refining my technique, adding equipment. Now I need more lights and a few more lenses.

 

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Very cool!

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Beautiful HereticZ!! What a wonderful hobby!!

 

*hug*

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The bees are stunning!  They would be perfect in a scientific magazine or book.

 

Absolutely gorgeous.

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I'm on the verge of starting this exact hobby. I've taken some pretty nice macros with my cell phone and I plan on doing more and using them for decoration.

 

Nice job!

 

I now know I'm not alone... ;-)

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Peony ants eat the nectar on the flower buds to make them bloom.

 

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Damn, Heretic!  You should contact the Biology departments of local colleges and universities and try to turn a dollar or two off of your photos.  Local museums, even.

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Thank you for the compliments. 

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After the rain:

 

Raindrops on iris petal--raindrop magnifies cells.

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Raindrops on cherries and blossom.

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Bug out of the water.

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I'm enjoying your pix!  Thanks for posting.

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I use a Nikon D90 with an AF-S Micro Nikkor 40mm 1:2.8 lens for most of what I shoot. I also use a reversing ring for extreme closeups and a step up ring for dioptrics from bigger lens to screw onto the front of the smaller lens. I rarely use filters and adjust the colors and sharpeness with a free program, "Irfanview" which I found as good as Photoshop Elements. 

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These are lovely! I have always wanted to get into macro, but haven't ever gotten a lens capable of doing it decently. I've seen people do it by reversing the lenses but I've never tried it. I love the ones with the ants!

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These are lovely! I have always wanted to get into macro, but haven't ever gotten a lens capable of doing it decently. I've seen people do it by reversing the lenses but I've never tried it. I love the ones with the ants!

Lens reversing is easy and fun. You need any size lens and a reversing lens that fits the filter size of the lens you want to use and a small but sturdy tripod, and a light source. My lens is in the cheap range and the reverse lens keeps the fun affordable, it's only around $20 or less. A little patience and practice can pay off in good to excellent quality of the photo. 

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Eye of a bee in false color to sharpen the subject:

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These are beautiful!

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I was taking a photo of a white sage blossom

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When a black wasp crawled inside

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Turned around

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And crawled back out again.

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These were macro photos using reverse-lens method using Nikon Nikkor 18-105mm 1:3.5 -5.6G telephoto lens.

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Fabulous photos. I love this kind of Art work. I would like to get a better camera so I can do this kind of photography myself. I am always taking pictures of nature and doing close ups of flowers and insects but not like these.

The details of the natural world around us is quite breath taking and you've captured it so beautifully with your camera.

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I don't what leaves an egg case like this in a tree? Tree frog maybe? Strangest thing I've seen so far.

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That little prismatic fly is looking right at you man.

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Beautiful shots! At least once a year during the winter I try to make the pilgrimage to the Tuscon Botanical Gardens for their Butterfly Magic exhibit featuring African butterflies. This last year they also had poison dart frogs, so I wanted to include a close up shot of one of the frogs as well.

 

 

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