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Macro Shots...

2009.01.17


**** These are photos of: matches, a seashell and a stalk of wheat!

Here's a fun trick...
We call this, The Poor Man's Macro:

Take your SLR and put your kit lens on it (I have yet to see if this works with another lens on your camera).
Next, get out your Nifty Fifty lens (I KNOW you bought one and if you didn't... run out the door RIGHT NOW and get one. Such a great lens for $85.00 !!)
Turn your nifty fifty backwards and butt it up against your kit lens.
Now focus by getting really, really close to your subject, use your feet to zoom (by this I mean walk closer or further away ;)
I focussed a bit with just the kit lens as close as I could get to my subject, then butted the 50 up to it (backwards) and focussed again just by moving closer to the subject.
Try shooting something tiny.
It's a lot of fun.

Can you guess what these are shots of?)
35 Comments
shiqin Oh wow thanks so much for this great tip Loto! Now I really oughtta give this a shot with the kit & fifty. And I'd thought you've gotten a 100mm macro for these! They're awesome!

I'm guessin matchsticks, seashell, garlic?? :D
shiqin · 2009-01-17: 20:54
mariazinha32 my favourites !!!!! Love macros
mariazinha32 · 2009-01-17: 21:04
joycephotography I'll take your word for it. Greats shots.
joycephotography · 2009-01-17: 22:04
Tiredmom30 Great trick. I don't have a fifty lens. I agree with Shiqin on 1 and 2, but I think 3 is wheat.
Tiredmom30 · 2009-01-17: 22:21
saiimemories impressive!
love number 1!
saiimemories · 2009-01-17: 22:29
sistatitoune good macros !!!
first one is great !!!
;-)
sistatitoune · 2009-01-17: 23:24
oakley Very good!!
oakley · 2009-01-17: 23:49
gonia great, I like the last the most!
gonia · 2009-01-18: 02:06
fahimeh2005m Very Nice Macro shots. I like #1. :))
fahimeh2005m · 2009-01-18: 02:26
jchantra great set!!! thanks for the tip!
jchantra · 2009-01-18: 03:02
vishnudattan amazing depth of field! wonderful shots!
vishnudattan · 2009-01-18: 03:33
jennye great shots!
jennye · 2009-01-18: 04:31
miclaud Nice work, in deed!!! I might try...
miclaud · 2009-01-18: 07:53
kellgell WOW!!!! AWESOME macro shots. I would have thought these were taken with a real macro lens. How come you've never shared this trick with me before?? I don't have a kit lens though, I wonder if it'll work with the tamron.
kellgell · 2009-01-18: 08:12
storytaylor fantastic shots
storytaylor · 2009-01-18: 09:33
yellodog Wow, I knew there were adaptors for that trick, but you hand-held the 50 and still got a sharp picture?
yellodog · 2009-01-18: 10:04
KerBear I'd say one is a match and two is a seashell - but no clue about number 3! :) What is it???
This sounds like a great idea for taking macro shots...

KerBear · 2009-01-18: 11:20
Najeli # 1 is awesome!!
Najeli · 2009-01-18: 11:36
tricky Excellent macro shot's, number one is really good
tricky · 2009-01-18: 12:24
etodd80 What an interesting trick! Well done, I like what you did with #1.
etodd80 · 2009-01-18: 13:30
LotoFoto LOL Hobbes! When I say "use your feet to zoom" I mean, walk forward & backward to zoom since the lens is a prime and actually does not zoom!
LotoFoto · 2009-01-18: 16:25
Peche Very very clever of you Loto! :D
I love the end result - the first one is brilliant. I am dying to own a proper macro lens myself - when I have the money, that's where it'll go :)
Very very well done.
Peche · 2009-01-18: 16:55
Lynda Thes are great macros.
Lynda · 2009-01-18: 17:03
Frenchies Great great macros !
Frenchies · 2009-01-18: 17:36
glennis Love the first one!
glennis · 2009-01-18: 18:24
finbarr beautiful macros photos!!!
finbarr · 2009-01-18: 18:29
maharba I like the technical stuff and the results.
maharba · 2009-01-18: 20:03
my365vision WOW WOOW WOOOOOW
Great tip thanks I'll have to try it...love the matches...then I'm guessing bacon and "barley?"
my365vision · 2009-01-18: 20:29
Askrubies w
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!
Askrubies · 2009-01-18: 22:37
ashishsamdariya cool shots..loved thme all
ashishsamdariya · 2009-01-19: 10:15
Allison Oh awesome tip! Thanks girl! :)
Allison · 2009-01-19: 10:57
jenjung cool!
jenjung · 2009-01-19: 14:36
Victoria Wow..wow...just wow!
Victoria · 2009-01-22: 01:39
AnkaAnka # 1 Wow! Great!
AnkaAnka · 2009-01-22: 16:13
snapshotjoe Detail in #1 is amazing!! Great shots!
snapshotjoe · 2009-02-10: 10:15
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