Canon
PowerShot A40 + Jeweler's Loupe
1/60s, f/4.8, ISO 50
1/60s, f/4.8, ISO 50
Location: Home, Singapore
One night, we had the perfect storm. Blinding flashes of lightning darted across the sky, and the rolling rumbles of thunder was absolutely disturbing. The sky seemed to tear apart and torrents of water rained down. I had difficulty getting back to sleep that night.
The next day the weather had turned around completely. The sun was out and water droplets sparkled like jewels on every leaf. Then I spotted a tiny grub hanging by a thread from a branch. It was swaying precariously in the wind and I admired its courage and technique.
In order to achieve this extreme closeup, a jeweler's loupe was held in front of my lens with some Bluetack. This brought the minimum focusing distance down to just 3cm or so. In the process, depth of field became paper thin, throwing the entire background out of focus, blurring it into a smooth green canvas...it was the perfect backdrop for the patterned grub.