Spiders and venomous snakes sounds like a good idea But i was thinking more along the lines of staking them out on a bull ants nest in 35degree heat with thier eyelids removed

I could'nt agree more Golfdiesel, alarms go off in the street all the time and 99% of them are false so nobody takes any notice of the them, including the thieves. I have security screens on all my windows except the kitchen (which is how they got in) and i thought it was near impossible for anyone to get in that way being 2 floors up and over a set of stairs. But they managed some how.

pnjmcc i have pics of everything which i keep on a Sd card in a fireproof box and i have distributed the pics to all the pawn shops in and around the district. But i am not holding much hope i will get anything back

You were extremely lucky Gwyn it could have been a lot worse

I spent today visiting pawn shops with no luck

Thanks mate. What burns me is the stuff that can never be replaced. Ok the insurance will replace most of it but there is still a lot of things that can never be replaced. A lot of my wifes jewelery can never be replaced it was handed down through the family
The police came around and looked around for 10 minutes gave us a reference number for our insurance company and left saying they will keep an eye out for our gear. Gee thanks guys. But what can they do i guess.

I got a nasty shock when i got home this afternoon, I found i was burgled. The mongrels got in through a kitchen window and stole all my wifes jewelery including her wedding and engagement rings, needless to say she is distraught. They also took 2 laptop computers a portable dvd player an ipod and my video camera which contained the disc from my wife's and my 25th anniversary weekend.
The video camera was in a bag in the living room sitting beside my camera bag and by some stroke of luck they left my camera. I still can't believe they did'nt take it
I have lived here 20years and never had anything like this happen before. I am fighting mad and want to get my hands on the ba**ards.
Sorry but needed to blow off steam.

Or they have eaten it before they could get the camera out

Well judged AJ your a natural And Congrats pschlute a worthy winner. I also really liked Browngo's entry

By the way George check out Dans Marmite entry and my Vegemite entry and tell me again which one is weak and watery

Vegemite the staple of any young Aussie diet.



Exif info
Lens 16-45mm @ 45mm
AP f4.0
Shutter 1/60
ISO 100
Flash yes

A big ugly spider on that biscuit would have set it off nicely

The flower shot doesn't quite do it for me. With macro it's important to get some part of the subject in focus. With bugs i always try and get the eyes in focus and with flowers i aim for either the stamen (centre of the flower) or if taken from a side on perspective as you have done the very tips of the petals.
Avoid getting in too close remember cropping can give you just as sharp results and more of the subject will be in focus.
But its really what you are trying to achieve that counts
keep them coming

I hope i am giving you some good advice as i haven't been doing this very long myself only a few months in fact and i just keep practising and experimenting. Dans the man with all the knowledge and know how when it comes to macro . Check out his site if you haven't already.

Oh i see well i kinda like it