I rescued a dragonfly from the pool and when I set it down it stayed still. I recently bought a reverse ring and the fotodiox extension tube for macro photography and this is the first insect I have been able to photograph. I do not have a working flash right now thus it is natural lighting. The dragonfly is on a rusted out fire pit cover.
Nikon D500
F/8
ISO 800
SS 1/80
A reversed Pentax SMC 50mm with the 7mm extension tube.
Love the rust and teal of the eyes.
On the stuck ring, they make Lens-filter-Wrenches for a few bucks that should do the trick.
I removed all the screws from the tube and it is still jammed. I emailed Fotodiox for ideas, but it looks like I'll need to get another ring if I want to mount directly to camera.
Ugh, sorry to hear that. I'm a tinkerer at heart and a tech in a past life... Wish I were there to take a look at it for you. :-/
I unscrewed and screwed back in the release knob and it works now.
Fantastic :)
Great job on the rescue! I like the drop of water on the eye. I think that is where the focus should have landed. Keep it up, and get a working flash it will bring your image quality up by leaps and bounds especially when shooting at higher mag and not in full sun.
No kidding. Camera shake is real.
Another option is also the Macro-Bellows, Which can also be coupled with a reverse ring, but that is a lot of macro, so just normal mounting any lens works well.
I have two M42 mount belows. I just could not find info on how it works on a DSLR. I was going to get a X-T2 body to test it out.
Works well on my Nikon d5500 but all manual since there is no communication with the lens.
But yeah, if you can get a mirrorless body then get a m42 adapter, then no need to buy new bellows. :)