Great idea about the colored card stock. BTW, I love your images. Someday I hope to be that skilled!
-J

Hi Rik, Thanks for the info. I’m surprised to learn that about vignetting. I was under the assumption that the aperture on the lens opened wide up when no power was supplied. As such I would have had a fully open lens paired with a 1/8" cardboard aperture in my first iteration and a 1/4" cardboard o...

Chris, Thanks for all the info! I’ll check out your links. I realize that I have a lot to learn. My aperture is a 1/4" hole in a piece of black cardstock that I cut with the laser and sandwiched in the end of my extension tubes. My tubes have no electronics and as such I have no way to adjust the ap...

Hi Folks, Here is my first bug. I didn’t spend a lot of time on it since it was just a test piece and I really don’t like taking photos of bugs! That said, I’m pleased with the detail I was able to pick up in the eyes. This was done exclusively in Photoshop. I took 80 images and then made about 15 s...

Hi Folks, It’s been a long, long time since I’ve posted anything here. I was first out with a medical issue and then I was engaged in building my next generation macro rig! That is now finished and I need your help to put it to use. My previous rig was a home built rail controlled by an Arduino driv...

*blushes*

Thanks for the kind words.

-J

Hi Rik, First off, YOU ARE 'DA BOMB! Thank you, thank you, thank you for all the information! To address a few of your points let me begin by saying that I'm not reversing my lens. I'm only using extension tubes. I had heard of that method but had assumed that you only did it if you didn't have the ...

Hello folks! I'm Jessica. I've been a beginner macro photographer for about 4 years now. About that time I became fascinated with the smallest blossoms I could find, usually those from weeds and grasses. The reason I call myself a beginner is because I have a bunch of lower end and homemade equipmen...