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I’m pretty sure these photos were enabled by the Laowa Macro Probe lens (https://www.venuslens.net/product/laowa-24mm-f-14-2x-macro-probe/ https://www.venuslens.net/product/laowa-24mm-f-14-2x-macro-p...) — one could construct something exotic before for this, but this lens is what made this kind of photography accessible.