Drosera Indica Macro Photos

[DrWurm]

Snapped a few shots of this dew which zombie sprouted from reused media that I was using to grow pygmy sundews.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drwurm/3498167221/" title="Drosera Indica: New Leaves by DrWurm, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3649/3498167221_b1a25d5dea.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Drosera Indica: New Leaves" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drwurm/3498166167/" title="Drosera Indica: Feeding by DrWurm, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3347/3498166167_c386dabbfa.jpg" width="500" height="433" alt="Drosera Indica: Feeding" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drwurm/3498980264/" title="Drosera Indica: Spiral by DrWurm, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3540/3498980264_773d6e4e82.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="Drosera Indica: Spiral" /></a>

Jason

 

[F R e N c H 3 z]

You always have some of the most impressive and amazing macro pics on here, what kind of camera do you use?

 

[DrWurm]

You always have some of the most impressive and amazing macro pics on here, what kind of camera do you use?

That's quite a compliment, thank you.

I have an Olympus E-510 that I bought slightly used on ebay with the 2 kit lenses: the zuiko 14-42mm and the zuiko 40-150mm.

To get macro photos, I use an old nikon 50mm lens (for a 35mm manual film camera) and reverse couple it to the front of my 40-150 lens. This provides strong magnification, but does produce vignetting around the edges of uncropped photos. Here's a descriptive link: http://www.booleansplit.com/?p=168

Instead of hand-holding the 50mm lens, I got an adapter ring on ebay which allows me to screw the 50mm lens onto the front. 98% of my shots are done without a tripod. This usually requires full sun and a good spot where I can steady my body.

Jason

 

[USMCSKI]

Holy crikey...just looked at your flickr album...awesome photos!!

 

[DrWurm]

Holy crikey...just looked at your flickr album...awesome photos!!

Thanks a lot! The plants do most of the work though. I just shoot em

 

[jimscott]

Next time you're in the Buffalo area, bring a camera and take pictures of my plants!