Last fall I was doing closeups with magnifying lenses for a photography class I was taking at a local rec center. I set up a light stage on the dining room table, and set up half a dozen incandescent lamps around it. Incandescent. Heat. Pellie, then a moderately small kitten, decided to take a nap in the middle of my carefully arranged still lifes.
<<giggle>> The kitty-nose photos I've gotten in the past have been a little blurry, 'cause they were from cats suddenly advancing on the camera in curiosity when I was trying to shoot them from a little bit further away.
One macro shot I'd really love to get is a sideways view of a cat's eye, with the way the lens protrudes so far. But that's one where I can't just wait for the cat to sleep to stop moving, alas. I'll need an assistant for that, whatever format I shoot it in.
(I do have a bellows and extension tubes for screwmount 35mm, and I used to have a reversing ring. Macro is fun.)
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Last fall I was doing closeups with magnifying lenses for a photography class I was taking at a local rec center. I set up a light stage on the dining room table, and set up half a dozen incandescent lamps around it. Incandescent. Heat. Pellie, then a moderately small kitten, decided to take a nap in the middle of my carefully arranged still lifes.
I got a great close-up of his nose.
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One macro shot I'd really love to get is a sideways view of a cat's eye, with the way the lens protrudes so far. But that's one where I can't just wait for the cat to sleep to stop moving, alas. I'll need an assistant for that, whatever format I shoot it in.
(I do have a bellows and extension tubes for screwmount 35mm, and I used to have a reversing ring. Macro is fun.)