Thanks, Stephen.

I find if I can make somone itch as I go through life, it makes it all worthwhile!!

Roger.

FPE,
Read the topic title...

What did you expect to see

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Yes, Davex, I did what it says on the tin!
Closest focus, rock to & fro, snap!
I just wanted to show the busy-ness of the scene.

Roger.

(Why do you ask.....?)

...so little time for the over-worked ants on my sunflower this afternoon.

A selection:


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All K7, 100mm. DFA Macro + kenco 2x conv., built-in flash + diffuser, ISO200, PSE9,.


Comments & criticism more than welcome.


Roger.

Oh, of course!!!

My mistake.

Sorry.

Roger.

Wonderful set, Danny!

How are the two tufted duck(?) managing to stay aloft/asleep in no.5?

What sort of snake was it... a grass snake preumably, because of the watery habitat....? Though it look a bit short & "stubby"..... not an adder, surely?

Thanks for letting us see,

Roger.

The grasshopper in no.3 is beautifully captured but.... focus on the eyes next time?!


Lovely ladies!

Roger.

I don't think / hope that art & enjoyment & scientific identification are so far removed...... are they, Charlotte?

Roger.

Charlotte, if your're considering a flash unit, why not try this first. It's free & it works!

Take a sqare, 1 litre plastic milk bottle. cut off any handle arrangement to leave a square "tube", closed at one end.On one face, near the open end, cut a square hole big enough for the diffuser to sit over the pop-up flash, in its open position.Within this square hole,near the open end of the diffuser, leave a tab sized to slide into the hot-shoe on the camera. The judicious use of a rubber band over the body of the lens & the camera will keep the arrangement in place.
It doesn't look particularly elegant but I use it for all my flash/macro shots & it still enables the use of f11 at iso100.

Have fun & keep those macros coming.
EDIT. Yes, it is much less noisy. What iso were the others at?

Roger.

Hope you don't mind, Charlotte.
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Roger.