The persistence of the little front porch insects has allowed me to try a variety of lens combinations in photographing them. The set-up used for these shots was inspired by Johan J Ingles-Le Nobel's
"Anybrand MP-E65" project. My version is simpler and probably a good deal less user friendly than the original idea. These were taken with an FA 28-80 f3.5-5.6 reversed directly onto my K-S2 (first two shots) or, for added fun onto, the Vivitar 2X Macro focusing TC. Lens was set at 28mm and f8 for all shots. Those taken with the V2XMFTC were taken at the TC's full extension. No automatic aperture as I did not employ anything as sophisticated as the clever
"empty lens" concept advocated on Johan's site. Pixel peeping shows a lot of CA, and a lot of sensor dirt! The latter was cleaned up, the former left alone. All shots uncropped.
With the V2XMFTC:
These critters have now been in our front hallway for several weeks, and there seem to be more of them than ever! Curious.