All good solid advice,, cheers Philip, I have a couple of weeks to prepare, so I should be ok,
Thanks for all the help, I really do appreciate it

Cheers David. That's pretty much how I see it going ( at least in my head anyway 😂
Pretty much plan on talking about my progression in macro shooting.
I have no qualms talking about what didn't work. I can't talk about what I don't know. 😁

Cheers again.
Derek

😂😂😂😂😂

For me, early morning or evenings tend to yield best results as bugs are either just warming up or starting to wind down for the night, midday they tend to be very fidgety 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Cheers Phil, John and Rob.
Plenty in there for me to think about and sort out a plan.
I have plenty of shots I can use as examples, along with some, also ran shots, too if only as an example of what was off or went wrong (depending on the group)
Ha ha John I could well imagine you heckling me 😁😁😁, you could join me in promoting the pentax brand 😁😁😁
Rob, I would never stand on ceremony around what I use or how I use it. 👍🏻
It's not really about the gear, Gear does help, but it's not the be all and end all. I've had great tips and help on here, down through the years, I hope to be able to pass some of that on to others, along with some actual shooting on the day as well to try out some of the different techniques discussed in the earlier part.

I'm kind of looking forward to it now, whereas I was a little apprehensive at first.
It's not for a few weeks as they have a couple of other topics planned first. So I have plenty of time to prepare

As ever the help and advice on here is second to none 👏👏👏👏

Cheers guys 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Well spotted. Sometimes like this, you càn get great unexpected shots when trying to shoot something else.
Yep, bugs don't always play fair with positioning, some times I'll try and get as good as I can regardless of composition, then try and alter my position to get a better composition knowing that I at least have a backup shot if I frighten it away.
Good shooting

Bit of a new one for me.
I've been asked to give a bit of a talk along with a display of some of my macro shots and a demonstration of my technique at a camera club, (theres a member with a large garden thats has a wide variety of plants and bugs) or so ive been told. There's no camera club near me, I've never been to one, this invite was from a kind of friend of mine.
He is aware that this is not something I have done before, and has said it would be very informal.
What should I expect and more importantly what are they likely to expect ???

Although I haven't done anything like this before, I'm not overly concerned about the talking Bit, as it's something I'm comfortable talking about.

Any thoughts, advice or tips

Derek

Absolutely
Cracking set, great shooting 👍🏻

Cheers Peter, Bill and John. These were at f8, its the amount of extension and closeness that results in that really shallow dof, Much appreciated 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Was trying to get an interesting angle on a montbretia flower tonight when i spotted this little lad


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