Macro Photography
I haven't done any macro photography in a very long time... perhaps a couple of decades... so I tested some of my photography gear over the past few days to see what works best for macro photography when using some of my newer gear. Although I have quite a bit of photography gear, I actually don't have any macro lenses. Macro lenses allow you to get closer to your subject due to the closer minimum focusing distances that macro lenses provide. I do, however, have some extension tubes which also can shrink the minimum focus distance which allows me to focus on objects that are much closer to the lens than without an extension tube. Getting closer makes your subject appear larger in the frame (obvious, I know, but I had to mention it). Lenses oftentimes only allow you to get as close as three feet or so. With some lenses, you can only get as close as ten feet. It is difficult to get a close-up view at those distances so adding an extension tube to allow you to focus at m