Been experimenting with improvised macro set ups, trying to see just how close I can go using a home made reversing ring with an 18mm lens.

The aperture was pre-set to f-11 before reversing the lens to get a bit of DoF, means brightly lighting the subject so as to be able to see anything to focus on. Used a flash on quarter power to fill in. Exposure 1/200s
The mite was about 1mm in length.
Steve
(saving up for a real lens

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