Up close and personal

[snownow]

I just got a new reversing ring for my 50mm lens and wow. This is going to be fun, exposure and focus are going to be a pain. But well worth the fun!

Taken with 50mm 1.8, from about 3 inches. No crop in any of these shots, straight out of camera (little exposure PP)
Hope you dont mind my last two posts being spider

top view

bottom view of his little brother.

 

[LaFoto]

Isn't a reversed lens fun?
I have no ring, so all I can do is turn around my lens and hold it on, still trying to focus somehow - tricky. But FUN- FUN- FUN!
And your photos here are great.
Not great for Mentos, of course, since they only show spiders, but great, nonetheless. The world we suddenly get to see at such magnification, it's amazing, isn't it?
While I like all your pics here, I really like the last best of all because of its lighting and the black background, thus bringing out all the detail of the spider's underside.