please help before i go bald

[Sa900]

Feeling a bit stupid but, i tried for the first time this afternoon macro photography and to be honest i'm struggling. I tried to do the water droplets on the cd shot as set out in the how i took it department and failed, i can get the lighting right and with experimentation i can get the shot, what i'm struggling with is the distance to the water drops, Using a Sigma 105 in manual i just cant seem to get close enough and then of course if i'm too close cant focus blah blah, my question is i think, is the lens to long and would fitting tubes to it help or simply do i need a shorter lens or is the obvious about to slap me in the face. Your help and kind advice would be grateful





regards daren

[Footski]

The lens you are using obviously does not do Macro. Buy some macro Filters which are cheap and come in 1x 2x 4x and 10x magnification. They are very cheap and a good way to get started in macro work.

[Michael_2010]

I got a set of cheap extension tubes the other day (Pro Optic Budget Auto Extention Tube Set @ $47.95 + S&H) and I have been having fun with them. Too soon to give a proper critique of the equipment, but my camera does kind of freak out, if I try to stack all three of them on plus a lens. So far I have only used manual focus with my nifty fifty, so I can't even tell you if auto-focus will work with them on the camera. They definitely eliminate the distance problem though.