I’ve had a hunger to learn more about macro photography, but never took the time to dive into it. I discovered the need to light the subject you are working with. The subject requires more light than usual, because I used macro tubes for the examples below.
First Try at the Macro Tubes
I used my 17-50 mm f/2.8 tamron lens with the macro tube and boy did that give me a headache. the length of the lens wasn’t enough and the depth of field was far too shallow, but I somehow got a few shots in focus.
Round 2 with the Macro Tube
This time around I used an 28-135 mm with a f/3.5-5.6 aperture. I used the light of the window sill as a soft window light as well as for a place for direct light. I used two sheets of paper to even diffuse and reflect some light for the shots of the apple.
Square One 