Okay, so I had learned about these nifty little gadgets called “extension tubes” during my last class with Bryan Peterson.  They are glassless tubes that come in a set of three different sizes that can be used individually or stacked.  You connect them between the camera and your lens (any lens, I might add!) and they give you the ability to get much closer to your subject.  I had been perfectly content to use my magnifying filters and my Raynox 250 until this past week’s assignment in macro.  We aren’t allowed to use flowers as our subject, and I was having a VERY hard time getting a neat abstract macro using my lenses.  I couldn’t get close enough, and the focus wasn’t as sharp as I would have liked.  So, I finally bit the bullet to the tune of $100 and bought the tubes.  I bought the Pro-Optic brand tubes, but if you want to splurge, Kenko makes a set for about $170 that Bryan Peterson uses.  I had about 15 minutes to play with them, and here’s what I got…these are SOOC.  (Same flowers that I used for the black and white shoot by the way.)

And one non-flower shot:

I think I’m in love.