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Published: 2011-11-12 15:02:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 2283; Favourites: 98; Downloads: 31
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This shot was not taken with a Macro lens. It was taken with a Reversed Lens
So please understand the difficulty 
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OMG! thank you sooo much <3 You're too kind 
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this is great! the details are amazing!!!!!!
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Thank you
Reverse lens is when you take a telephoto lens and mount it normally on the camera , and then get another lens and screw it on the end of the telephoto lens facing the other way , so if you like the two lenses are pointing at each other, thus you get a magnification of 6:1
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woah thats amazing!! well done!! how do you mount the 2 lenses together?
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Well you can buy reverse mounts but what I did is I bought 2 step down rings for the lens filter thread and made sure they both stepped down to the same size and then just taped them together I have a photo of a set up for one of my recent shots and I use a reversed lens if you would like to have a look ?
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It's over on my Photography Page > Here is a link to the photo > [link]
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Not sure what the reverse lens is but this is so amazing!! I agree... should be a DD!!!!!!!
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Thank you very much ! I wish I got a DD in my time !
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Oh I wish !
but thank you for thinking so ! This photo was taken by luck... I was walking back from shooting a building in thick fog ... as I walked out of the door ... i spotted this fly on the wall and it was frozen ... after a couple of flashes it came back to life and started moving up the wall haha.
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Photography is about 50% skill and 50% being in the right place at the right time (depending on what you are shooting). There was definitely skill involved, don't sell yourself short.
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I agree with this so much!
In all fairness it was soo hard taking this show , I didn't use a macro lens , I used a makeshift reverse lens!
But thank you ! very kind words !
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Well whatever you did keep it up!
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Oh my, stunning isn't word good enough for this photo 
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thank you very much
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It's my pleasure!
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I didn't think it was possible to make a fly look impressive.... that's an amazing shot!
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wow Thank you very much
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You're very, very welcome
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thank you very much
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Wow! Thank you ! that is an amazing comment
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You are too kind !
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Bloody beautiful shot
I need to ask you, when using the reverse lens way...what focal length lenses did you use & how close did you need to get to the fly to focus?
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Wow! thank you
I set the 70-300 to Infinite and the 50 mm to infinity and then just moved closer or further away for focusing
I would say about 8-12 cm away from the fly .. it wasn't a set up shot ... I was just walking past a wall while doing a shoot in the fog ... and noticed a very still fly on the wall .. luckly for me i had both lenses with me
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Cool shot mate,I asked for your knowledge,because, I've got extension tubes & shit do I need to get in close lol...I was going down the reverse route, but then I saw some tubes & got them....
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I'm a believer in magic and stuff that logically cannot exist. And this is it - this is incredibly magical. This is a thing that I can't explain, at least not the way I'd like to. Your talent and your persistence to get an amazing photograph is beyond this world !
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Wow! Now this is the most amazing i have gotten! thank you so much you are always soo supportive and kind towards me
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somehow I always get a lot of inspiration from your pictures 
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I'm glad you think so
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Wow thank you very much >.<
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you are welcome
it's a really good pic!!1 I love the colours and the focus so much
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Thankk youuu!! i was a bit worried about the focus at first because not everything is perfectly clear 
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