Macro photography is a lot of fun. One of the coolest parts of it is being able to make super tiny things look really big and make tiny ordinary things look so different.
To get these shots, I used my 100mm macro lens, some extension tubes and my speedlite. When you are taking photos using extension tubes, you lose a lot of light because the light has to travel so much further down the lens to get to the sensor so having a speedlite is handy and lets you close the aperture down quite a bit.
Whenever you use extension tubes, it also messes with your depth of field, and makes it super shallow, so if you are shooting wide open, the focus falls off very quickly, so being able to close down your aperture keeps a lot more of the subject in focus.
I am hoping to do more macro shots and just go exploring for interesting things to take photos of. Macro photography can be a lot of fun and last week's theme for my contest was a lot of fun seeing all of the different macro shots everyone came up with. This week, the theme is landscapes, so make sure to check out the contest post here and get your entry in before Saturday.
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