How to take macro photos on your phone of bugs and other tiny things in your back garden

Andrew Hoyle has a terrific tutorial article on Cnet on how to take macro photos on your smartphone using a macro lens. The article includes tips on how to use Photoshop or other image editing software to improve the images. The lens Andrew recommends is pricey ($265), but he has links to cheaper lenses that would probably be good enough for a slacker dilettante like me.

Andrew also recently posted a video tutorial on backyard macro photography using a SLR camera:

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