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Drosera Indica Macro Photos

DrWurm

Californian in DC
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
 
You always have some of the most impressive and amazing macro pics on here, what kind of camera do you use?
 
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
 
Holy crikey...just looked at your flickr album...awesome photos!!
 
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 :)
 
Next time you're in the Buffalo area, bring a camera and take pictures of my plants!
 
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