Hello guys,
I recently found a way to take macro photography without a macro lens, I have an 18 to 55 mm kit lens for my Nikon d3300 camera, I was surfing through the internet and then I found a post about how you can take macro shots using any lens you have, but the wide lens is more preferable. since the lens I have is already a wide lens, I thought I could try it, so the further I went down the post, I saw that they were using the reverse ring to attach the lens in a reverse manner to the camera, I've seen this in person, I remembered that one of my friends used to take photos of bugs with this method, but he didn't have any reverse ring, instead he just popped the lens and used it in reverse by just holding it in hands, He's a pretty rugged guy.
So I called him and asked how it works and he explained to me, but I recommend you to buy a revere ring since the sensor can attract dust particles when the camera is turned On, by using the reverse ring, the gap is sealed and it reduces the chances of dust getting stuck to the sensor.
So i tried the same, but it took me a lot of time to capture the photos tho, and it was really hard to focus since you have to manually move the camera to focus, so its like one in a ten shots is the odds.
I really messed up my focus in this shot tho, I mean taking macro shots is really hard, especially when you don't have proper gear. but that dragonfly was really patient, it was really calm when I slapped my camera right into its face, i didn't had enough time to check the preview of the photos I took, any sudden movements and off it goes the dragonfly in the sky.
I hope you enjoyed the photos, I belive the photos are decent, but editing is kinda sucks, sorry I'm learning to improve my editing, until then peace!
Thank you and Have a nice day