Behind the scenes - Macro Photography

Queensland Arrowroot. Macro. 

This is a macro or close up picture of a leaf from the plant Queensland Arrowroot. The leaf is highlighted by the sun from the other side. 

I've used by 50mm prime lens with additional attachments. These are in a sense magnifying lens and I have a set of these from brand SLIK. This is one of the cheapest option to start of with macro photography. The other cheaper option is to reverse mount your lens using a reverse adaptor. 

Below is how I had set this up to click this.