Ants on a milk container

Too much detail.

Just kidding. Amazing pics!I really like #3's shot angle.

great idea, and very nice angles

Very cool shots! How do you deal with the motion when stacking?

Thanks for the kind comments everyone- much appreciated

sodjdobe - yes they were taken with an MPE-65 but you would get similar with a reversed 50mm lens on the front of a macro lens
rw2 - I stacked these by hand.

Brian V.

I tried that (reversed 50) a few days ago. DOF is soooooo shallow! How should I set the aperture and focus on the 50mm lens befori mounting it?

Excellent series, great detail, the first pic is my fav

sodjdobe wrote in post #3961636
I tried that (reversed 50) a few days ago. DOF is soooooo shallow! How should I set the aperture and focus on the 50mm lens befori mounting it?

You normally have the reversed lens wide open and focused on infinity. Set the aperture on the main lens (F8-F11) and set the focus on minimum and then focus by moving the camera. The DOF will be thin- you get used to it
Brian V.

hidden forms wrote in post #3961950
Excellent series, great detail, the first pic is my fav

Thanks Craig - these guys are photogenic.
Brian V.