You don't need a $1000 lens to get good macro shots pictures.
here is Canon's
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM (i don't know if they took that pic with that lens but looks good)
http://www.the-digital-picture.com/R...ns-Review.aspx
Here is
an old Nikon 995
If i zoom in and crop it will be very close to what they got.
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And here is a
$200 Canon D10 macro shots.
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Here is just zoom in and crop on the pic above (no editing, just Canon's internal viewer crop & save feature ) i was amazed to see the sparkles. can you imagine what insects see! Its like an Avatar movie out there that we don't even pay attention to. Scroll back up to the original and you will see the sparkles, now that you now what to look for.
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i don't have a zoom & crop on this one but it looks a lot like spider web!
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