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Flower tonsels

            One of the disadvantages of vintage lenses, as with most modern prime lenses as well come to think of it, is that the minimum focussing distance for most of them is usually 40 to 50 centimetres. This is not enough reach for a true macro shot. An exception to that is my 28mm Vivitar lens which being quite a wide angle lens will close focus at about half that distance. Of course being fairly wide at 28mm that still won't get you a macro perspective. However if you throw an extension tube into the mix things change! I bought a very cheap set of extension tubes last summer (5 or 6 pounds, very cheap indeed) and tried an 11mm ext tube on the Vivitar and wonder of wonders it produced some really amazing images. As you would imagine the depth of field was sooooo shallow but it came up with some lovely detail and bokeh that you could swim in. 

So this is looking inside of a flower head (please don't ask what species) at what I'm assuming is the stamen.

Taken on: September 15, 2020

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Vivitar (Komine) 28mm F2.0 MC Close Focus Wide Angle lens

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