Dedicated to the Brave Men who go Down to the Chips in C (camera, that is)

Sorry for the really bad pun in the title.

How close can I get? Well, with a 100mm prime lens and a full set of Kenko extension tubes, I can get this close. I guess if I somehow did tubes and my 400mm it would be (4x?) closer, but not sure if I would be able to throw a whole bunch of light in there to support that shot.


This was challenging to light -- the camera was so close to the subject that it kept getting in way. I used an overhead softbox, and then had a raking light and handheld reflectors off to the side. I guess I see why people use ringflash on macro shots -- can illuminate everything pretty well that way.

By the way, the photo above is full, un-cropped 21M pixels. If I make a simple 1:1 (800x533) crop, this is how it comes out. How's that for focus! The DOF is about as narrow as that dime is...