::prelims are almost over, left physics paper 1 tomorrow afternoon.. except for paper 3, the rest of chem was quite ok.. well, I'll know the aftermath of paper 3 soon enough..
went for a short outing with Hafiz after chem paper 1 on wed.. he just got his S5IS and wanted me to share some tips with him.. wanted to get a coupling ring to reverse mount the 50 1.8 and try some extreme macro shots.. but the shops I went to didn't have it in stock.. met Hafiz across the traffic junction and we made our way to the esplanade..


Hafiz in action..
with the 420EX and adaptor/lens hood mounted.. brought along my S2 which of cos pales somewhat in comparison with the S5.. don't really use my S2 much after I've gotten my S80, was abit bulky to fit into my regular schoolbag with books in it.. plus found 28mm is so much more delightful to use..
anyway, hung around the centopath opp esplanade for awhile before going through the underpass to it.. handheld the 50 1.8 reversed on the S5 with flash attached and did some macro shots.. think its more than 1:1, tried to focus the lens and had to go extremely close to the subject.. took some shots of Hafiz's macbook keyboard, you can fill the entire frame with the wordings on just one key.. can even all the mintue details on it.. thought I would try to get some shots of ants while I'm at it..

Disclaimer: Those with Myrmecophobia (fear of ants) or such insects are advised to skip the following section..
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but if you are intrigued to see how the world looks that up close, go right ahead..


working in pairs..



solo..



hard at work..



what are you looking at?
personally like this last shot.. its almost like its curious about that giant black thing pointing at it.. if you look closely, you'll realise individual ants look very diff.. and we humans just think that they are just dots crawling around..
well, shooting ants isn't that easy.. at such magnifications, the depth of field is uber shallow.. take the last shot for example, the feelers are already out of focus.. probably only have a few fractions of a millimeter for DoF.. plus being ants, they don't sit still.. coupled with the shutter lag of the S5 and difficulty framing, quite satisfied I could get 4 decent shots.. the rest were just shots of empty bark..
oh yea, no ants were harmed in the making of these pics.. though I did suffer some bites..

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