Reversing Ring (and a Bird Photo?) Who Knew.

Had a few minutes this evening to shoot around the house - unfortunately the bugs seemed to be mostly hiding. But, I wanted to test out my new reversing ring, the Nikon BR-2 - probably the most affordable way to get into macro photography. Used, the BR-2 costs between $8-10. These test shots combine the BR-2 Reversing Ring with a manual Nikkor 50mm 1.4 and two 27mm PK-3 extension tubes. Note: these two images are full-frame, no cropping.

Green Bottle Fly (Calliphoridae) Nikon D7000 ISO 100 f/11 1/160 sec. sec. Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 reversed with BR-2 Reversing Ring plus two PK-3 27mm extension tubes, off-camera flash with modified soft box 

Green Bottle Fly (Calliphoridae) Nikon D7000 ISO 100 f/11 1/160 sec. sec. Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 reversed with BR-2 Reversing Ring plus two PK-3 27mm extension tubes, off-camera flash with modified soft box 

At lunch, a Field Sparrow dancing 10 feet away forced me to put down my macro lens and pull out the Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC. First time shooting big wildlife in several weeks - felt a bit rusty.

Field Sparrow Nikon D7000 ISO 400 600mm f/8.0 1/800 sec.