"Nobbut lakin' me sell."

Does not translate well.
Literally translation- "Nothing but playing myself." (Perfectly legal I assure you.)
Nearer translation - Only playing around.
A few days ago I stumbled across a Youtube© clip on Lens reversal for use in Macros.

I decided to have a play around.
I think it's, fairly, obvious which is which:- but -
Essentially there is one shot as close as I could get with the lens I used: one shot of a "distant" Macro:
and 4 experimental tries for as close as I could manage.
I'd be the 1st to acknowledge they are not brilliant, but I've seen sufficient to consider a Lens reversal adapter.