I love photography...

[Curt]

Now to anybody that knows me, that probably doesn't come as a surprise.

However, I did something today I thought I'd share. It's stuff like this that make me love it even more...

I really enjoy macro, but unfortunately don't really have the money for such a luxury as a "proper" macro lens (although this doesn't stop me watching them on eBay in the slim hope one comes up...).

So, thought I'd try a cool trick.

Take 1 body cap:



A filter:



An old Olympus OM prime lens left over from my old camera:



Smashy smashy:



Cut a hole in the cap:



Sanded down the knurled part of the filter to make a flatter surface for the adhesive:




Stuck them together:



The finished article, one reverse mounted lens!



On the camera (sorry, shit phone pic):



Total cost, £5 for the filter from the local shop. Obviously if you have one, it's free.

Considering I made this today and only had a quick play, I'm pretty happy with it! The shallow DOF means that I have to step down and therefore shoot at a higher ISO.

Here are some of the results, all hand held:


DSC_7620 by Curtis Footman, on Flickr


DSC_7834 by Curtis Footman, on Flickr


DSC_7835 by Curtis Footman, on Flickr


DSC_7838 by Curtis Footman, on Flickr


DSC_7880 by Curtis Footman, on Flickr


DSC_7980 by Curtis Footman, on Flickr


Anyway, that's it really .

Cheers.