My first robber fly

[LizardKing]

Excellent shots! And with a kit lens! Congratulations!
What do you mean by 'reversed' if you don't mind me asking?

Thanks. Reversing a lens just means that you mount the lens onto the camera by its filter threads so that it is pointing in reverse. You need a reverse adapter for your camera that has filter threads matching your lens. Any standard lens becomes a macro when you do it, and kit zooms give you a lot of flexibility with magnification!

Thanks for the info, I'll do some more research on these adapters. I'd love to have my 50mm with macro capabilities

By the way, yes, focus stacking is a similar concept to HDR but, of course, regarding focus