Brilliant, Steve!

2b, 4 &, above all, 7.
Absolutely my kind of photography.
Better than a low-power stereo microscope!

More, please.

Roger.

Adrian, you need two things:
1). patience
&
2). a cut-down, 1 litre plastic milk bottle!

Take one milk bottle, plastic, other ranks, for the use of.
Cut off the top, down including the moulded handle arrangement, leaving a square-section tube, open at one end.
In one side, near the open end, cut a hole big enough to allow the camera pop-up flash to sit into the tube. At the end of this hole leave a small tag, about 18mm x 18mm "protruding" into the hole. This should be dimensioned to be a slide fit into the camera hot-shoe.
Secure the tube, or Diffuser as I like to call it, to the body of the lens / camera with a fine rubber band, with the tag in the hotshoe.

I have found this arrangement works v. well with my K7 & 100 macro., see all my macro images here & in the Gallery.

The plastic softens the light, but still allows the use of, at least, f11 at 1:1.

Manually focus to fill the frame, then fine tune by moving v. slightly back & forth to maintain accurate focus.

I would show a pic., but with only one camera & one (built-in) flash, it's a bit difficult! I'll try & snap the arrangement in daylight, in a mirror, tomorrow.

This may sound a bit cranky but, be assured, it really is effective &, what's more, it's free!!!


Roger.

Thanks everyone for your encouraging C&C.
I enjoyed taking them. It was v. exciting, finding them "by accident", a creature I'd heard of but never seen before.

Roger.

I'm O.K. with the BG colour as is.
I was particularly pleased with the gradation from top to bottom, the darker shade behind the whites of the flower & the lighter BG behind the shadowed bot. left & the stem.
I did adjust the contrast (see Gallery), but can't make up my mind. Both look good printed-up.

Thanks again for all your thoughtful comments.

Roger.

Could we see the pic(s) please, Ken?
Of & with the lens?

Roger.

Great set, Steve!
And doesn't that weavil look cheesed-off?!!

Roger.

thanks, Karl. You're quite right & I've posted the adjusted version on the Gallery.

Roger.


EDIT; Sorry, make that "will post"! Already done my one today!

Thenks, Steve, but hoe do I chamge thr tiutle of a post?

Cokew.

K7, 100 DFA Macro, available light.


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C&C welcome.

Coker.

...this evening.
Set the dogs off.
Went out to see & found several of these fellas: cockchafers.

All K7, 100 DFA Macro, built-in flash, first two - straight flash, second two + diffuser.



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C&C welcome.

Coker.