{"id":1034,"date":"2007-12-29T23:12:25","date_gmt":"2007-12-29T23:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1034"},"modified":"2013-11-23T11:34:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-23T11:34:00","slug":"more-macro-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/more-macro-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"More macro photography"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->One of the smaller pieces of equipment I&#39;ve been after for a while is a simple set of extension tubes for macro work. As with most photographic equipment the prices are usually crazy, but I found a set of three tubes in the sales for the relatively modest price of \u00a329.99 (usual cost between \u00a379 and \u00a399). Extension tubes aren&#39;t especially fancy&#8230; they are literally empty tubes with no glass. They fit between the camera body and the lens, and work by reducing the minimum focusing distance thus allowing you to get closer to the subject. That&#39;s the theory. The photographic cost is a loss of depth of field and the inability to focus on more distant objects. The tubes will really come into play in the spring when more insects are around, but I spent today practising my technique (which has a way to go yet). <br \/><br\/\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/insect_2912079820.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16164\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/insect_2912079820-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"insect\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/insect_2912079820-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/insect_2912079820-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/insect_2912079820.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"aligncenter\">Remains on a web<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/water_2912079784.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16166\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/water_2912079784-600x470.jpg\" alt=\"water from a tap\" width=\"600\" height=\"470\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/water_2912079784-600x470.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/water_2912079784-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/water_2912079784.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"aligncenter\">Water from a tap (artificially coloured)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/sage_2912079827.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16165\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/sage_2912079827-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"sage leaf\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/sage_2912079827-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/sage_2912079827-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/sage_2912079827.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"aligncenter\">Sage leaf<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/frog_2912079915.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16163\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/frog_2912079915-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"frog\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/frog_2912079915-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/frog_2912079915-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/frog_2912079915.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"aligncenter\">Smile please \ud83d\ude00 <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Camera note: all shots taken with the Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG macro and extension 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