Thanks Lubbyman. Mrs.C.'s only reply to your query was, "to which family silver do you refer.....?!"

And thanks Gareth, too!
The developed technique with regards to the rather thin (:shock DOF is to find the optimum point of focus (L/V screen ) Then go with 10 shots either side for the stack, all at f8
I find it difficult to differenciate from, say, shot nos. 4-5 or shots 12-13, but it needs all 20 total at quite minimal step size (that I can manage!) to achieve the sharpness shown in the latter images.
I will make an effort to image the set-up tomorrow, which will make the technique much clearer......

Again, thanks all, for the interest shown,

Roger.

....a couple more from today's activity, (Sry).








K5, 100mm. D FA Macro.Auto Bellows M. 2 x polarising filters.
Both stacks of 20 in Combine ZP.


Thanks all for looking & the interest shown,

Roger.

Last one.

Promise!




Thanks for looking,

Roger.

Thanks, Steve.

Here's a quick random (sooc) shot of the crystals on the glass with a plastic ruler for some idea of scale.
Each division on the ruler is 1mm.




So, it can be seen that the FOV is just under 3mm. high by about 4mm. wide.
I make the needle crystals at bottom right 1mm. long.

The other images are slight crops, just enough to lose the stacking artifacts from the edges of the frame but I think they are near enough to use the same scale.

Another image:




This one, a stack of 20 in Combine ZP, then Elements 11.

Thanks again for looking,

Roger.

...from Mrs. C.'s silver cleaning liquid.

Set-up a little difficult to explain, so an image or two to follow, tomorrow.





Thanks for looking, any C & C welcome.

Roger.

Great pictures Don!

Are the clubbed/shaped antennae reminiscent of (our) early-summer cockchafers.



Now then, just stop it!!


Roger.

Thank you both for your kind, encouraging comments.

Roger.

Complete with its botanical population, it really is a case of the more I look, the more there is to see"!

K5, 100. D FA Macro on Auto Bellows M.
AF200T bounced off an "overhead" A4 of white paper.

Both from 20 odd frames in Combine ZP
Elements 11.








Thanks for looking,

Roger.

Thanks chaps!

I think it must have been a one-off who-knows-why sort of a thing.....

All blown out, Rob & it's firing on all speeds/ all variations, as in multi-shot, etc.

Don't think I did, Steve, in fact I don't remember ever using a "custom" setting for anything.....

Anyway, it went ok for the session this afternoon, so we'll see!

Thanks again,

Roger.

Setting-up for a macro session (yes, really!), bellows set, camera with (Jessops) 13mm ext. ring, then rear bellows standard ring, 100mmn. D FA Macro.
Subject set, focus set, remote flash with sender & receiver set.

Took a test shot for exposure.....

Nothing, no shutter!

Freshly charged Pentax battery.
Card in.
Cleaned contacts on camera & ext tube.
Zero.
Tried lens direct to body.
Zilch.
With anything on the camera, lens or ext ring....
Nichts.

With nothing ojn. IT FIRES !!!

Cleaned contacts again.
Rien.

Ah, what about the SDM bits?

My only SDM lens, Sigma 150-500 on.
(Auto focus whirring in & out like a goodun!)
No shutter at first, but then starts to fire.

Anything else on, Fires!!


Don't understand...

Thoughts anyone please!

Roger.