here we go...
This is my first journey to the center of a feather:
(click to enlarge)
Using a tripod would improve the
results somehow......
But these were outdoor conditions.
And here the tripod pics of my Mandelbrod peacock:
35mm reverse, one is cropped
...and these ones have names:
Tales of a peacock ocean
christmas peacock
birds are just flying reptilia
DOF next to nothing....
technique:
starting with olympus achromat +7,7 1*zoom, ..12* zoom, 80mm rodagon
enlarging lens, 50mm el nikkor ending with 35mm componon enl. lens
reversed
minimal natural light, just to see the view finder.