This is not a giant needle with rope threaded through it. It is actually the smallest needle I have. This photo has not been cropped from the original. This was taken with my 70-300mm lens mounted on the camera with my 60mm lens reversed & stacked on the end of the 70-300mm. This is getting close to a microscope. At 5X magnification it gets extremely difficult to focus on the subject. You can see the setup on the first picture of the equipment gallery. (click here to see the setup)