magic moss
by davidwozhere
The set up is a 105mm enlarger lens (right way round - not reversed, 'cos it won't) on a fully extended bellows. Tripod and 2 sec, mirror-up delay goes without saying!
The pot containing the moss, etc. arranged with natural sunlight behind it and a further pot of red carnations was placed some distance behind to provide the not-quite-black backdrop. If you look closely at the earlier image of a water droplet suspended between two spore pods, you can just make out the carnations in sharp upsidedown focus in the water droplet
My bellows are Pentax but ANY old Russian bellows will do (.99p - £5 on Ebay). The lens is a newcomer (to me anyway) It's a Polish "Amar" 1:4.5, 105mm (£8 Ebay) so there are no excuses any more not to try similar macro shots
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1942 posts
19 years
north Devon