reverse-mounting a lens
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-eight years and a million words
Vancouver, 2002.07.09
Today I made a wondrous discovery; reverse-lens photography.
if I hold my lens up to the mount of my camera backwards, so that the accessory threads are against the mount, I can take shots of things that are very tiny and very very close. I used my discovery to photograph the cracks in the skin of my knee, some pollen on flowers, and a tiny spider (which eluded me). I understand there are adapters for this sort of thing, so you don't have to hold the lens in place. I can't wait.