Magic Time: Macro photography with any lens!

Hello, today I will introduce you to the world of macro-photography. For those of you with thousand dollar macro lenses and cameras specifically made for such a task, this article will be a waste of time. Everyone else, however, is more than welcome!

So, here are the things that you will need:

     -An SLR or DSLR camera (removeable lenses)

     -Any lense

     -Patience

IMPORTANT! DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK, THIS IS JUST A GUIDE, I DO NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR BROKEN CAMERAS, LENSES, HEARTS!

Got all you need? Awesome, let's get started:

All you need.

This does not really matter, but it is best if you have a wideangle lens, because it provides a much better focusing distance than, say, an ultrazoom or a telephoto.

The kit lens is surprisingly one of the best for the task.

What now? well, take the lens off, if you have a hood on it, take the hood off too. This is what you have now:

This is what you have now. Crazy stuff.

Now for the best part:

Magic: done.

That's right. just flip the lens over. Now, hold it like that, and look in the viewfinder. It will be all blurry, until you bring it close to something... and, it's photo taking time!

Some of my examples:

The only thing stopping you know is your imagination, let it run free!

There are certain problems with this method:

     -You can not play with the f/stop because the lesn is technically not even attached to the camera

     -Unless you use one of these http://www.linkdelight.com/L9O-Extension-Tube-Macro-Ring-for-Canon-DSLR-Camera-EF-Lens.html (they are called macrorings, essentailly they just hold the lens in place instead of your hand), you have a chance of getting dirt inside your camera. Ain't nobody up for that.

     -when ysed this way, ultrazooms have a very small (1\100th of an inch) focusing distance, although they provide an amazing amplification; it is impossible to use them without a tripod.

This is by far the cheapest and most effective mthod to take macro shots. Enjoy!