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Published: 2007-10-27 05:23:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 202; Favourites: 1; Downloads: 3
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This is my outfit for taking the macro shots of spiders and insects . I hope this helps others to get great shots.I only hand hold the camera as I usually have to chase the spiders to get a good look at their faces. The picture will usually have black vignetting on the corners, but this can be cropped. Experiment by just holding another lens in front of the main camera lens. It is fun and amazing what you find under the lens of the camera.
Thanks to Mark Plonsky for his inspiration and finding out how to do this photography.
Happy shooting.
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MacGuyver 
It is funny how people look at equipment like this.
I have an own version of it.
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That version has changed. I now have a homemade ring flash. MacGuyver is a good inspiration!
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Do you have a manual how to build this ringflash? I am not good at brazing but my father is very good at it.
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The ring flash is made of acrylic. I made a box that fits over the front of the flash with a length of 12mm diameter acrylic rod bent with heat to go from the flash, around the front of the lens and back to the flash. I'll put a picture in scraps for you some time. It works on the principle of total internal reflection.
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awesome!
I really imagine you carriying that around chasing stuff!
really good piece
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The hardest part is holding it steady while trying to photograph a creature in a moving tree.
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Didn`t work for me :S
The 18-55mm has a bigger diameter than the 50mm so i couldn`t attach em.
When i saw through them, i couldn`t focus on anything :S
It only works for things close to the lens? or should i see just as if it were a regular lens?
I tried to focus both, but couldn`t get anything sharp.
What mistake am i commiting?
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It only works when being like 5cm away!!
Really cool and difficult. I guess i need lenses of the same diameter to pull it right. Or the adaptor works that out?
Cool
Impressive
Thanks!
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Yes, you only can take a picture at about 5cm. It is virtually fixed focus and you have to focus by moving the camera. The adaptor holds everything together so you can have a hand free.
it works best when your camera lens is set on manual focus, both lenses are at infinity and use a flash with the aperture set at f32 or f38 as I do. You will notice that I use a flash bounced off an old yoghurt container. The ideal is a soft focus ring flash, but you need a lot of light.
You're on the way. There will be no stopping you now.
Good luck.
Have alook at the pic I am just submitting.
John
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