I shook up the Samantha Snow Globe to try and capture some falling snow shots, and noticed that the little pocket of air in the globe broke up in an interesting way so I shot it! Fun times!

ISO100, 8 Seconds, f/16

Yes. This is a photo of an American Girl snow globe… It’s in my possession, but isn’t mine (don’t ask), and I’m not particularly excited about the photo, though I’m simultaneously (and strangely) rather pleased with it.

Same rig: 75-150 f/3.5 E Series, reversed, and extended by 49mm. ISO 100, 2 seconds, f/11 (maybe f/22 – I should keep notes…).

One of these days I’ll run out of things to shoot with the macro rig. When that happens, I’ll probably turn to cats, then maybe to self portraits, then maybe to momento mori, and then, maybe, just maybe, I’ll have to go outside…

75-150mm f/3.5 Series E, reversed, with 49mm extension. ISO400, 1/40th, f/3.5.

Stuck in Macro mode…

Still 75-150mm E Series.

Still reversed.

Still on 49mm extension.

This time: ISO400, 1/8th, f/11.

I’m not entirely satisfied with this, but oh well. It’s going to be hard to get into a shooting mode after 9 hours at work and traffic, but I will find a way!

Macro, again (though I did take the 50mm outside and wandered around for a bit, with no usable results). And again with the 75-150 f/3.5 E Series, reversed, on 49mm Extension Tubes. ISO400, 1/4 Second, f/8.

If you were wondering, the depth of field is influenced by the extension tubes and the focus distance (I shot a ruler with and without the tubes at all available apertures f/3.5 – f/32, and will post pictures when I get around to it). The smaller the aperture, the deeper the depth of field, as usual. Without the extension tubes, I could get most of the frame in focus at f/32. With the tubes, only about 80% was in focus at the same aperture. I might have more to say on this if my eyes weren’t all droopy from staring at a monitor all day.