Well caught, flies are mighty difficult as they move so quick. These do look a little soft on my screen thou, although it may be the uploaded file size.

Providing your shooting jets, the settings offered is probably fine, if your shooting anything with a prop, you'll ideally need a slower shutter speed than the cameras going to auto select to get some decent prop blur.

Spot on John, that's what I love about it, both in macro which is a new genre for me and obviously landscapes / portraiture / art nudes etc

A visit to Slimbridge WWT earlier today with the pure intention of looking for close ups.

All shots Pentax 120mm F4 with 50mm Ext Tube and Handheld - exposure around 1/320 sec F4 and 400 ISO

Yes, defiantly, although it perhaps needs to be sharper from the original to get that close.

The second image is particularly good 😁

The common cleavers for me out of these two Steve, is it worth a closer crop ?

Thanks Derek,

Thank you for your kind feedback, I did intentionally go, good - better - best with the first 3

Yes, there is a dust bunny just visible, I'll clean the sensor, don't think I've cleaned it since I've had it so its probably about time !!

From a trip up Cleave Hill on Monday evening, a superb warm and still evening with high humidity

All Pentax 120mm macro lens with Pentax 50mm Ext tube, tripod and natural light except one - exposure varied slightly around 1/50th Sec F9 to F13 and 400 ISO

Marbled White - focus point just behind the antennae










Fungi on some Cow Dung - Fungi remains unidentified as yet




Ladybird tucked under a flower against an overcast sky




As above but lit with Sigma ringflash

Superbly well shot, I think you wimped out a bit in not shooting the grass snake with the 100mm macro + ext tubes, what's wrong with