Sunday, January 25, 2009

Fun with Macro

Heather from Two Peas posted about a technique she read about, flipping your 50mm backwards and putting it against your kit lens, getting REALLY close and taking some super macro stuff! So of course I had to try it!

First we have Cumin:

Cumin

and some Sugar:

Sugar

How fun is that? I am so going to take more photos like this!

15 comments:

  1. Great shots. macros are so much fun!!

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  2. Wow, that is macro! I've never seen cumin that close up - fun!

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  3. Wow! I can't believe how great it works! So sorry I don't have a 50mm...

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  4. Wow, very cool. I may have to try this for tomorrows post! :)

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  5. Macros are addicting aren't they? These are great.

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  6. Holy cow, these are incredible! Now you've got me hankering to go shoot some sugar and spices!

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  7. wow! How neat! I had no idea! Thanks for sharing! I have been loving all the macro pics, but didn't want to go buy a new lens. I will have to give this a try! Love the sugar one!

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  8. Can you believe I still haven't tried this? Great shots, love the cumin.

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  9. These are great! Very fun technique!

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  10. These are really cool! I tried this the other night and it was an utter disaster.

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