Thursday, March 14, 2013

Horns? Spikes?

ETHIOPIAN EUPHORBIA, CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN, GLENCOE, ILLINOIS, MARCH 14, 2013

Pentax K-01
Tamron 90mm macro with Raynox 250 auxiliary closeup lens
1/1000 f16
ISO 1600

This isn't a drowning cow but a dime-sized leaf spike on an Ethiopian euphorbia, a kind of cactus tree, at the Botanic Garden. I took it with a Raynox 250 auxiliary closeup lens clipped to a Tamron macro, increasing the magnification of the Tamron by about 75 per cent. The combination ought to be good for photographing very small insects, if I can get them to hold still long enough.

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