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An Experiment in Macro Photography

Uploaded on Aug 10th, 2007
by Incoherent Fool

An Experiment in Macro Photography
This is as close as I can get to calling my camera a microscope. These are salt crystals (yes, table salt) magnified who knows how many times. I used three extension tubes at a total of 65mm and a 200mm telephoto lens coupled with a reverse-mounted 50mm lens. Due to the extremely small depth of field, I had to stop both apertures all the way down, and as a result the resolution is terrible and there is vignetting in the top corners. On top of that, there is significant noise, the depth of field is still small despite my attempts at increasing it, and there are small spots in the image of a dubious origin. All in all, a success!

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persnicketydame

2 years, 4 months ago:

I think this is a very cool shot. I love the graininess of it.

Ben Dan

2 years, 3 months ago:

Looks like grandma's ice cubes.. not that I remember my grandmother ever having ice cubes, much less ones like this. But still. Good job at jerry rigging.

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Incoherent Fool

2 years, 3 months ago:

No, they're crystals! They can heal!

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