Keep both .

2 reasons, Murphy's Law says that either or both will happen:

1. Shortly after you sell one you'll find something you want to do for which it would have been perfect but of course you no longer have it.

2. Shortly after you sell one the remaining camera will develop a nasty fault.

Of course, Murphy's Law still applies if you keep both, in which case both cameras will continue to work perfectly and you'll never find a use for either.

Trust me, Murphy and I have had a close relationship for a very long time...

Steve

So my guilty secret is out - I like icky and repulsive!

Steve!

Please do. I currently have no idea what you and Lennybloke have been talking about!!

Same with me - until I realised that some of what I considered personal and of little interest to other people was much like the photos that other people were posting on the forum and which I found interesting.

Steve

Thanks folks, appreciated.

JohnX - Large white is definitely possible, we get a lot of them and some find their way indoors.

davidwozere - Thank you, the tail doesn't twitch so my conscience is clear - I didn't glue a living creature to a bit of wire. And it can now stay there for a few more macro experiments .

Steve

A chrysalis dropped out of the back of an old TV while lifting it. It seemed like a reason to do a long-promised modification to my macro rig to make it easier to use bellows and a good excuse to play with some older non-macro lenses. Here are some of the results. I've no idea what species of moth or butterfly it is or even whether it's still alive.

First one (the full creature) taken with F 50mm f1.7 in normal configuration, the others taken with reversed FA 28mm f2.8, both mounted on a Pentax A bellows with a K3 on the other end. All are focus stacks with point of focus changed by moving the back-standard. The first is about x1 magnification, the others about x5 - x6.

Thoughts, comments etc. welcome as usual.

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Steve

Nice. It's always a pleasure to see that view of the river and viaduct at Knaresborough. One of my children lives up the road in Harrogate but its many years since we've made the short trip to Knaresborough while visiting them. Your pictures bring back memories of lunch down by the river. Were ice creams involved too...?

Steve

Where to start...

An O-ME 53 magnifying eyepiece is permantly on the K3. How does it improve my output? It helps me see more clearly - and with my eyes, every little helps!

For outdoor macro, a right-angled finder is usually in my pocket for low level shots. Not being as flexible as I used to be, low level would be much more difficult, even impossible, without it.

As for desk-top macro, it's almost all accessories . From geared head, through wireless remote, clamps, supports, focus rails and lights to connectors, adapters and DIY bits that have no name, it would be impossible to get far without them. And then, of course, there's the computer and software for focus stacking. A camera almost seems like an afterthought!

Steve

A nice sequence, getting more striking and geometrical as you work through it.

Does anyone actually live in that house surrounded by bridges in No. 4??

Steve

Wonderful news and well deserved .

And thank you for sharing with us so much of your photographic journey towards acquiring those letters after your name. But, of course, the best is yet to come...

Steve

All very worthy of being seen by a wider - and no doubt very discerning - audience .

Steve