Freelensed Ladybug

[PixelRabbit]

So I had gone outside and picked a couple small daffodils that have come up in the garden (yay flowers!!) and brought them in for a setup shot. Unfortunately the setup failed miserably but I found this guy on the window and he was glad to be offered the flower to walk onto. I did some freelensing and this one I like

Would love to hear your thoughts, thanks for taking a look!

IMG_0299-1 by Judi Smelko, on Flickr

 

[BillM]

Love the colors PR :thumbup:

 

[baturn]

Cool! Oh, and as much as I hate to be the one to tell you, my daffodils are nearly done.

 

[TreeofLifeStairs]

What do you mean by freelensed?

 

[PixelRabbit]

Thanks Bill

Brian, ah ours are JUST starting to bloom!

TreeofLifeStairs, freelensing is when the lens you are using isn't attached to the camera. Often it is used as a makeshift macro lens by reversing a lens and holding it backwards against the lens mount. In this case I have a lens mounted and I'm holding another lens in front of it to give me greater magnification.

 

[nzmacro]

Nice head on shot of a ladybird. Ahhh, lens stacking. Used that a lot in the olden days , generally on a fixed digital zoom and used the Canon FD 100mm reversed on front, worked just fine. Nice going and it came out well.

All the best Judi, nice work.

Danny.

 

[Raj_55555]

Great shots Judi, I didn't know of this technique. Learned something new today