looks great Mike,
Is this the Raynox you are selling?

My last one for the day.
Got to start catching other bugs I think I am starting to suffer from hoverfly and bee addiction

Mike, the Tamy is a manual one is it? Because I see MF at the end.
Obviously I know you prefer to use manual focusing even with the Pentax one, but which one do you prefer? what are the main differences between those two? The tamron also looks to be a great one.

I am really amazed at the DOF you achieved with the spider on your last image

Aiki
if you love macro then you are going to love it, its too addictive.

Will you all excuse me for a few minutes please, got to go to right to the rear of my back garden and scream and then will be back. Don't want to scare the neighbours

Oh by the way, these images today were taken with the Pentax 100mm Macro with the 1.7x Adapter attached to it.

This one was yesterday's with the DA*60-250
Probably this one is a better one than the one I just put up

Mike, the one that I could find that could come closest to yours is this one

Now all I need to hear from you is say that you took it handheld and I am going to find a corner in the garden to scream and vent my jealousy off

Geez Mike, that is a knocker . That red pinkish sorround just adds to the beauty, and nice and crisp image, nice one.
Not sure if my above one matches it but let me check if I have any still in store

Surely you can't be that old Jack, that you can't chase a bee around the garden

That was me Mike-P

It was when I was looking for a tamron that would work with SDM and I saw that on the SRS website they had the particular lettering that works, but having called them they confirmed that the stock they had was of the new version and that image was an old one.

Sorry Cedric, I guess you will have to continue your search.

Thanks J and Jack,

Jack, it was handheld. I got tired chasing this little one hoping to catch in in flight and then got so frustrated just took the camera off the tripod and kept chasing it handheld. When it decided to perch on that leaf then it wouldn't just fly again, except giving me the run around turning and twisting the angle. Finally I thought I had had just enough of it and got this one handheld.
You are right about the DOF, but if I stop down around f/22 the background will start showing. Will have to find a good balance but I think around f/11 or f/22 would be just about right.
Got to try it, but ideally I want to nail it flying . Am into the flying mode now since I manage to catch those hoverfly in Lido yesterday

Thanks again for all your kind comments