My set-up for pondlife macro:
Larva(?) held in plastic dish, black card under.
K7, Pentax Auto Bellows M, 100 D FA Macro, "use of aperture ring enabled", f16.(Bellows used for the focus-rail, rather than for much extension).
Slik tripod, Redsnapper ball-head.
AF200t flash, manual, 1/4 power, 7DayShop flash lead.
Kindle reading light used for focus-light.
(Image taken with Pentax, Optio S5i).


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Unknown pondlife, 10mm in length.


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Any help with identification would be very welcome!

As would any C&C.

Hope this is of interest,

Roger.

Next!

Coker.

i totally agree with Bill Barnes;

I find wildlife photography frustrating but rewarding the same. Practice and patience to get close is as John says what it often takes. The feeders for birds in your garden is a good place to start for practice, not spending a fortune! Getting speed, ISO,exposure and depth of field in balance is an enormous challenge. When I get all that right I'll consider if the gear is what needs upgrading![/quote]I "shot" a dunnock the other day, stalked in the garden from, finally, about 10feet.(See my portfolio)
With my 55-300 @300, albeit with limited depth of field, I was very pleased with the result,& consider it my best bird pic. (So far!).

Roger

Yes, sorry about that!


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Roger.

Having made a copy layer, applied High Pass Filter & overlaid onto the original, there's a lot of fringing.



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Could anyone advise how to eliminate / reduce this effect?

Thanks,

Roger

May you all have a Happy, Healthy & Safe New Year!

Roger.

Thanks, both.

I'll try & find something prettier for next time!

Roger.

Some shots of a Shrew(?) skull/dentition, from an owl pellet.

K7, iso 200; SMC M 50mm, f1.7, reverse-mounted on Pentax Auto Bellows M, manually stopped-down to f22, 130mm of extention.

AF200t flash, manual, full power approx 150mm from subject, which was 6-8mm long.



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Hope they of some interest, C&C welcome.

Roger.

May we all have a safe, peaceful & happy Christmas!

Roger.

Thanks, Mike.
Will let you know how I get on!

Roger.