Should any of you be missing my occasional macro posts here......I had serious Retinal Surgery ten days ago, it will be three to six months before I know the outcome.

Not posting, but looking.

SONYALPHA

http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/1041_image_19.jpg http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/1041_image_20.jpg I keep a few rotting half logs around my garden to encourage woodlice, millipedes and other creepy crawlies......here a woodlouse appears to be guarding the entrance to a ...

A .....Spot on reply Rik.......

It took me some time to learn, then absorb that advice .....also from you a few years back ;-)

Macro shooting can be very challenging because if that narrow focus band.

Sonyalpha

Thought I recognised this ......a beautiful macro study.

Sonyalph ( or FUJI ) to you;-)

http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/1041_HOUSE_BEETLE_forum_1.jpg This beetle was scuttling around on the tiled kitchen of our Victorian (1875) House....can any positively ID it for me please? The house was treated for woodworm infestation when we moved in back, in 1966....Hope it isn't a...

http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/1041_image_18.jpg Thank you, I much appreciate the feedback......just what I needed. My simple to construct DIY reflector/ diffuser works extremely well, more so since I replaced the kitchen foil with three pieces of plastic mirror. These increase the f...

Incredible detail in all your shots.......Inspirational!

Sonyalpha

http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/1041_image_17.jpg Yesterday I modified my DIY plastic cereal container Flash Reflector/Diffuser......By replacing the kitchen foil with 3 pieces of Plastic Mirror cut from a large sheet purchased via eBay. The container has an opening cut in the base, f...

Hi, Fuzzy,

A great shot of an unusual gathering.

Good to see you here, I thought I recognised this (Fuji) .......


Sonyalpha

Thank You Ken.

Sonyalpha

http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/1041_image_16.jpg I enjoy discovering what lies beneath the half logs I deliberately place in the darker corners of my tiny back garden. Invariably, it will be Woodlice, Millipedes , or, the odd, fast moving Centipede. Yesterday, it was the ubiquitous W...

When hunting for Macro subjects I often look in dark-damp places for Woodlice, Millipedes and Centipedes etc. Late yesterday evening, whilst testing a modified DIY diffuser I happened to notice movements on our large Rosemary shrub.........on looking much closer I could see a fair number if Woodlice...

This is one of the best Raynox macro shots I have ever seen, I have one tucked away somewhere, I must put it on to my 70-300 to see what I can do, compared to using my Sony 2.8-100 macro lens.

Sonyalpha

http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/1041_HOMING_IN_forum__1.jpg My new Macro set-up is proving to be just right, the DIY Flash Reflector/ Diffuser is working perfectly although it is the simplest thing to make: Taken Hand-Held, Auto Focus SONY A55 SONY 2.8-100 Macro Lens A 9........ S160....

http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/1041_image_14.jpg I got lucky with my timing and focus the other evening, dozens of bees were working in and around our corn flowers. This one worked out just fine, after a whole series of missed shots containing only the flower but no bee. Taken using ...