The world of fly tying closeup macro.

[navigator37 0]

Shot these today using a cheap macro setup.

[Chase Creek 0]

Those are great! Don't remember where, but there used to be a running newspaper column or something that had macro photos of common objects (or parts of them) and you had to guess what they were. Anybody remember that, or is it the voices in my head again?

[Denis Lamy 0]

Those are realy beautiful. Then again not everything should be seen from so close.

 

Thanks for sharing.

[flyrod98 0]

The crystal flash and braid really make interesting subjects. Nice shots.

[lykos33 0]

I'm thinking a lot of those would make nice desktop backgrounds...do ya mind Nav?

[navigator37 0]

Thanks for the comments.

Feel free to use them as you like

lykos.

Sunlight would have made the shots alot better.

Have to try that next time.

[Horseshoes 0]

Chase creek yes, I remember it was the Omni science magazine.

[bigdewy 0]

Great photos!

What is your setup?

[blakejd 0]

Nice job. My favorite are the beads in the first row.

[navigator37 0]

The red beads remind me of apples.

 

I'm using a Nikon D300 or D70 with a 70-300

telephoto lens.

The telephoto at 70mm has a close range of only 6 feet away.

However, when you put a magnifying glass 10x or so on the front

it turns the telephoto lens into a macro lens.

I was shooting from 1 to 2 inches away from the subjects.

No focusing, just keep the lens at 70mm with the magnifying glass

on the front. Move the camera forward and back from the subject

to get it clear.

Cheap, cheap macro.