Macro Photography Bug Stage

bee on flower

Green Sweat Bee

My area of focus in photography changed a few years ago toward macro photography.  It seemed that photographing bugs and flowers might allow me to escape the crowds and all-too-popular iconic sites of landscape photography.  An early step in this process was to build a bug stage allowing for easier placement of the bugs, lights, flashes and my camera.

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Macro Photography: Bellows as a Macro Lens

A common 55mm lenses mounted backwards on bellows can produce a macro photograph in the range of five times life size.  What are the advantages of a bellows vs. the Canon MP-E 65mm lens?  How does one set up a macro lens using a bellows?

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