I am seriously considering the Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro lens as my next purchase. I have some serious macro lens envy when I see people post photos taken with that lens. If I just could have had that lens when I stumbled across this spider web!!! Unfortunately, it's just not in my budget right now so this will have to do :)
I don't blame you on your envy for macro lens ;)
ReplyDeleteBefore I got my real macro lens...I bought closeup filters. Although it doesn't come anywhere close to macro lens, for about $40+ it does a good job. With close-up filter there isn't much light loss either.
May be you could try buying manual macro lens - you could buy a decent macro for about $150
Buying manual lens gives you plenty of ops to learn about lighting...at least, that's my perception with manual lens(es).