Through a Magnifying Glass

[NJHeart2Heart]

I love this idea as a non-macro lens owner- it inspires me to try this alternate method of "extra close-up" shots. How large was the magnifying lens?
NJHeart2Heart Dawn

[wulf]

Just go for it with whatever you have to hand. It can be fun getting shiny new equipment but, as this thread illustrates, there is also a lot of pleasure in finding ways to use what is available.

Wulf

[jiminyClickit]

NJHeart2Heart, Welcome

Something similar to this will work on a smaller-lensed camera:

http://digital-photography-school.co...0&postcount=14

It's about an inch wide, 2-element glass.

[YoAshnish]

Originally Posted by jiminyClickit

Yo_,

Depending on what final results you really hope for, if you can get the magnifying glass closer to your camera's lens, detail and color will be greatly improved. Or use tubes of various lengths (from paper towels, PVC plumbing, something lightproof) between. Fun and good photos are not strangers. The first few I shot were weird (forgetting to line up the glass) because of the excitement of seeing the giant insect images in the viewfinder, unexpected from the simple setup. Now I can get photos that match and better the camera's Macro alone. Still exciting, more fun now because of a more stable attachment.

Hey Jiminy, thank you for the advice! I am definitely going to keep practicing ;-) I was just thinking it might be fun to try it on frost. I do find it challenging to keep the magnifying glass close to the lens, as I've been using my kit lens (18-135mm)...maybe using the tripod as well would help. Time, patience and practice will tell the tale ;-)

[jiminyClickit]

YoAshnish,

Sometime during this last Winter, a post was made of (I believe) snowflakes on a window or a driveway, just nearly perfect, and in the midst of shivering, the photo encouraged me to see how I might get some really different shots this Winter. I hope you can divine a method that enables you to better enjoy your Winter, at least photographically. Although I hear it's going to be a little less awful weather, it may still involve "down-time," and that's camera time. No "woe is me" this year!

[YoAshnish]

"YoAshnish,

Sometime during this last Winter, a post was made of (I believe) snowflakes on a window or a driveway, just nearly perfect, and in the midst of shivering, the photo encouraged me to see how I might get some really different shots this Winter. I hope you can divine a method that enables you to better enjoy your Winter, at least photographically. Although I hear it's going to be a little less awful weather, it may still involve "down-time," and that's camera time. No "woe is me" this year!"

No woe is me this year??????? LOL I'm certainly hoping there will be none of that!

[Goat Boy]

I bought the magnifying glass today and I used some cardboard to attach it to my long throw kit lens and I took this.

[jiminyClickit]

Goat Boy,

Works good for not a lot of expense, hunh?! With good sunlight and exact focus, it's really amazing what you can get:

[Goat Boy]

Originally Posted by jiminyClickit

Goat Boy,

Works good for not a lot of expense, hunh?! With good sunlight and exact focus, it's really amazing what you can get.

Yah. I think this is really awesome. The only problem is it's very hard to focus, but after a while you get used to it. U just have to take your time. Oh and I found putting my camera on sport and just taking picture after picture helps you to get just the right one if u don't have the time.

[Mefistofeles]

here i wanted to show a part of the object in normal scale, and how it looked trough the magnifying glass.. I toke this looooong ago... way before any composition knowledge (by my part) or anything like that.

I posted this before, but never on this thread...