Macro Photography without a Macro Lens

I’ve always been interesting in macro photography. I have to admit that this type of photography always catches my eye.  Check out Matt Swann’s most recent post here on WordPress and hopefully you’ll see what I mean.  The only problem is that I’ve never owned a good macro lens.  I have some great lenses, but non of them allow me to focus that close as well as have the correct amount of zoom.  So, being the engineer that I am, I improvise.  You’d probably get a kick out of my set up.  I have a Canon 100-400 zoom lens that can focus as close as 1.6 meters.  So I put my subject on the ground, or on a table, and set my tripod up as high has I can.  Then, while standing on a chair, I set up my shot, and capture my image. 

I need a macro lens!

An Easter Lilly focusing on the anther.

~ by cruxphoto on May 2, 2007.