I really like the last one. Almost embossed and reminiscent of carboniferous fossils.

Glad I'm not the only one who thought "Woah!" when you looked over the edge. I also like how you have presented several versions of the same shot.

The local residents know that I will have shredded lettuce in my pocket. The ducks won't touch it but the swans and
the geese love it and will take it from your hand. They are actually quite gentle, even when it looks like they are going
to attack you!
1. The swans succeeded in raising three cygnets this year. They are almost fully grown and absolutely gorgeous.


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3. Their parents have every right to be proud of themselves.



4. This is one of the nicest geese you could ever wish to meet.



5. And the ducklings are still cute and cuddly looking, even though their feathers are replacing their fluffiness.






As with most macro lenses, the F 100mm makes a good job of normal scenes too.

Nicely caught.

Everything said above but I would include spotting the potential for a great picture and then pulling it off.

Lovely selection that is artistic and true to nature. Willowherb demonstrates the astonishing results of evolution so well with its neat packaging that opens like a zip fastener to efficiently disperse the seeds.

They obviously need water themselves but the major object of collecting water is to regulate the humidity of the hive/nest which has to be kept just so -
especially in this very hot weather. My pond gets a regular stream of visitors from honey bees and wasps.

I have been using a free offering called itag for indexing and tagging for quite long time. It is very good at what it does and will handle thousands of images.

Have you got the dragonfly at Hatton Locks and the bird of prey in Canley Ford (off the A45, Coventry). Both large metal sculptures. It's one heck of a task and one you appear to be enjoying. Super pictures.

Some photos of the tubes in question ....













The Schneider lens is shown simply because it has a helicoid attached. Part of the strange rendering doubtless comes from the
restricted diameter of the tube - compare it with what is potentially available at the camera end. When processing the images
it is necessary to make a huge adjustment to increase the brightness.