Robert Watcher
Well-known member
I haven’t used the macro lens (35mm Olympus) that I got when I was home In Canada a few months ago. Haven’t found bugs or a way to get them still at 1/2 inch from the lens, and I’m realizing that it is hard and takes a lot of patience and controlled environments.
I grabbed a camera with the macro lens just now, and started with one of Anne’s hibiscus flowers for an artsy shot. Even after breaking the flower off and bringing it into the house, somehow there was a breeze that kept moving it in and out of focus after mounting on my light stand. Impossible to do handholding the flower and moving the lens in and out.
I noticed a couple of Anne’s itsy bitsy trinkets from Guatemala, smaller than her thumbnail - and I clamped them into the light stand. I don’t think this type of photography is something that will keep me interested though.
I grabbed a camera with the macro lens just now, and started with one of Anne’s hibiscus flowers for an artsy shot. Even after breaking the flower off and bringing it into the house, somehow there was a breeze that kept moving it in and out of focus after mounting on my light stand. Impossible to do handholding the flower and moving the lens in and out.
I noticed a couple of Anne’s itsy bitsy trinkets from Guatemala, smaller than her thumbnail - and I clamped them into the light stand. I don’t think this type of photography is something that will keep me interested though.
