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https://www.patreon.com/ulillillia --- If insects freak you out, do not watch this! If you're curious or don't mind looking at insects, then enjoy. This video shows a millipede I encountered, one that seemed to be barely alive. However, it's such a small object that most normal lenses wouldn't work for this. You need either a macro lens, an extension tube, a pair of coupled lenses, or a reversed lens. In my case, I'm using a reversed lens. To be exact, I'm using the 14-140 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens, set at f/11, on the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3.

I start out showing the millipede from a fair distance, a broad view. I get progressively closer, done by using a shorter focal length on a reversed lens, until literally 5.44 mm covers the entire width of the screen. It's so close to the millipede that you can start seeing the hairs on the legs, the antenna by its head, and even the bug eyes.