I'm with you on that Mike so don't worry.

I would want to see someone carrying a freezer through the woods though, certainly in the swamp we have here.

A for me, there is more contrast in that photo and the papers/cloths on the other side acts there as a focus point because of the colours that doesn't come back anywhere else in the photo.

Using the pillar for framing works really well and it gets you into the photo.

What is that on the other side, do someone live there?

Well he could get it, the Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM should be able to do the same but it comes with a £1,365 price tag
That lens is a bit sharper I believe but well bokeh and colours is another story, which I don't know

You could put insect in the freezer, they slow down a lot then

It also surprised me that they need to buy a lens hood with their lenses.
And that they don't have a build in wireless flash option in their cameras.
Only the new one 7D has it and all the canon boys are so happy that they have that feature... and we're like... hmmm we already had that for like 8 years

Hello Jon I said that I believe.
It has to do how to most effectively placing your focus for scene.

We're going to use a dof calculator for this one link

Simply punch in the numbers and you see what you get.
On the right you see Hyperfocal distance that is the focus distance you need to set your lens on so that the end of the dof just touch the horizon.

So with f/22 at 18mm you can capture 0.40 metres till the horizon with it, now with this shot that is not needed.
f/8 for example would have giving you 1.1m till the horizon.
Like Mhuni said the lens isn't sharp at f/22 it is at his sharps at f/8

we're going of subject here now.

1/3rd is roughly the place the hyperfocal distance is, meaning you use more of the range of the DOF and yes it does show in your photo if that means you can use a f-number that is between f/5.6 and f/8, for most lenses that's the sweet-spot.

With the K20D you've a DOF preview, you can further turn the on/off switch and it closes the aperture meaning you can look in the viewfinder what the effect of the aperture/DOF will be.

Yes same thought here, maybe Sv would do the trick:
BTW why do you want to bracket ISO and not shutter speed?

It looks close but with 100mm you get 1:1 at 30cm focus distance and that is no 1:1 shot but more of a 1:2 at a mere 40cm... the piece of glass between it helped the most though

All I can say is that the DFA100 is a stunning lens and it's has enough resolving power to pull out every quality the camera can give.

Like unlocker showed you won't go over budget a lot when you get the used DA55-300. You will go £133 over budget then but if you sell your lenses you've I think you will have that money back.

So order the DFA 100mm macro now while you still can.

Thank you Jack, take your time

Do you've more info about the cokin Jack?
Cokin do 4 sizes and you've 2 so which 2 are it?