Where was that taken? Through an aquarium tank side?

Those do look nice. I've got the cheap two axis type that are a dime a dozen on eBay and Amazon. I use mine for single shots, and DSLRController for stacking, so I don't run into any problems with precision, although it seems of quite good quality. If I didn't already have the rail I have now, I'd d...

Thank you both for the DIY ideas but a) is the hassle in your ideas worth saving £9? b) Are the portable? I wouldn't exactly call it a "hassle" since it's a one time job (unless you later decide to modify it). It's eminently portable, since all you have to do is (depending upon whether you actually...

I want to buy a small light tent (UK) for macro photos. Let me suggest as an alternative, building your own from PVC pipe. Someone in a non-photography forum which I frequent posted a set of plans, listing all of the items needed, the dimensions, and where (in the U.S.) to get them. Apart from init...

What size is the hole? You could go to a home improvement or hardware store and buy a threaded clothes line hook. My ProMaster tripod has a threaded rod fixed to the bottom of the center column. I bought a clothes line hook and a female to female coupler nut. That allowed me to screw one end of the ...

I believe that the "island" idea is probably a good one, as I believe that lacking a cuticle, centipedes drown easily and avoid deep water.

... anyone actually using Digikam and Darktable on Linux? I recently tried to use Darktable on my Ubuntu 16.04 laptop to control my Canon T4i. I found (and was warned up front by the developers) that it was not stable on a 32 bit system, which mine is. It seemed to have a lot of features, and if it...

They look like eggs.

It looks great to me, certainly better than any insect macro I've ever done.

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Hi All, I am an amateur scorpion biologist. Weird, I know. Not weird at all; interesting. I'm far more interested in invertebrate lifeforms than things like songbirds and the like. Years ago, I worked in an office park that had quite a few slugs right outside the back door. I wish DSLRs had been as...

Fine detail of a 100 Yen coin shot with a 50mm Minolta MD reversed onto a Tokina 100mm macro. Sigma flash with a Neewer 8"x10" diffuser. Exposure was tough since focus was so close, it was hard for the flash to reach the subject. Next time I'm going to go back to my home made light tent. http://www....

Deanimator, how tall are those capacitors? I'm not sure. It was just an initial experiment, so I didn't put a lot of work into it. Now that I've finally got a decent flash diffuser, I plan to do some more macro work with the 50-100mm combo this weekend. I'll play with the focus to see what I can ac...

Looks good. It looks like a single shot rather than a stack, right? That's correct. I've got the Combine(xx) freeware, but have only begun using it. I've only used it a couple of times. My results have been mixed, but due entirely to my lack of experience doing focus stacking. With experience, I ex...

Deanimator, I see you've been lurking for a while ( Joined: 23 Oct 2012 )! Welcome to posting! :D --Rik Being that this is a fairly specialized forum, I hadn't had anything relevant to contribute until now. Lately I've been building up my macrophotography tool chest, having recently acquired a dece...

A penny shot with a 50mm Minolta manual reversed onto a Tokina 100mm macro: