Again, thank you everyone for your kind remarks.

Especially to Neil for your identity guidance.
I had the fly down as a robber fly - is that the same as a snipe fly?
I've seen the spider before, read somewhere that it usually settles along a leaf vein with its front & back pairs of legs stretched out, to camouflage itself whilst waiting for prey......

It's all out there, for everyone, all we have to do is look & notice!

Thanks for the interest,

Roger.

A wander round the garden with K5, 100mm. D FA Macro & af080c ring flash, this evening.



Spider!




Fly!




A Mayfly that ventured into the conservatory & settled on...........the sellotape dispenser!




Then lured onto a sheet of black card.






Any thoughts most welcome & thanks for looking!

Roger.

Thanks, Mark.

Roger.

Yes, he DOES care about what comments are posted!

I take on-board all comments &, yes, criticism, however it's presented. I'm absolutely neither thin-skinned nor precious about ANY of my images.
They are the product of a life-long hobby which I love & which brings me great joy, both in the taking &, nowadays, the processing of the images.
Pentaxuser has been very kind to me over the years I have been here & I (hope!) I've learned a lot.

"Mistakes" do still occur, however!

Mark seems to consider these two images fall into that category.
Which is fine!
I can see the faults.
I am not perfect.
My images are not perfect.
That's why I post them here!

I do not consider them to be very poor. But Mark does. That's fine. No problem. As they say!

Thank you ALL for comments you post in response to my snaps.


Rest assured, I will not be crying myself to sleep tonight.....


Best wishes,

Roger.

....& in colour!

Today, different individual.





Thanks for looking, again.

Roger.

Salticus scenicus, captured by the conservatory window, this afternoon.




K5, 100mm D FA Macro, Tamron 1.4x converter.
Pentax AF080C ring flash.
Handheld, manual focus.

Mono conversion in Elements 11.

Any thoughts welcome,

Roger.

......but the original Pentax instructions do!

I beg your pardon.

Roger.

Dimitrov doesn't show it with one........

Roger,

PM sent.

Coker.

From yesterday, on the lawn, through the conservatory double-glazed window.

K5, 150-500 at about 450.
Handheld.
Elements 11.


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....& a Rock Dove.




Any thoughts / c&c welcome.

Thanks for looking,

Roger.