I've routinely had packages held for a week or more at the regional sorting hubs. I even had one case recently where a package was held at the hub in Springfield MA (I'm in SW NH) for a week, shipped down to Connecticut, back to Springfield, held for a few more days, and then shipped to me. Their tr...

Beautiful. Keep posting....

Is crop so bad? Seems to me you can easily adjust during shooting. After all, wysiwyg.

Well done. Nice lighting too.

I've actually had a lovely time walking trails along two streams, photographing the ice and snow amidst the running water. Not macro, but good to get out. In the spring, since I like plants, macro will abound, but if past patterns hold, that will be around mid-march. It's a wonder to watch an area g...

You have some nice pics on your flickr page.

I'm in SW New Hampshire, right at the base of Mt. Monadnock. My photo interests are plant macro and our many local streams.

If you organize a Boston area group, count me in. There are so many places between here and Boston for shooting nature.

About 16 months ago I bought a M6ii. I already had a 70D. Within months I sold my 70D and most of its lenses because for non-macro work, the m6ii is so much lighter and easier to take on walks. For macro, it's a dream. I do most of my shooting with a 100mm L macro with tripod collar. Works beautiful...

In my own shooting, I find either a black or a white background look best, depending on a light or dark subject - you wouldn't want a dark subject with a dark background. I also find that spacing between the background and subject is important, so none of the background is even close to being in foc...

Very inspirational, and I like the one without the green background best. Have you thought about using a more neutral background? I'm afraid the textured green background adds nothing from my POV.

Very clever! Thank you for answering.

Love these pictures.

How did you hold the subjects?

Plants have their curiosities, too. This really becomes apparent when you close in on true macro. But yes, I agree that bug eyes have a kind of fascination! When the weather cools and stuff outside stops growing, I'll post a few of my favorites. I tend to use warmer weather as shooting weather, and ...

Lovely. Nature is so fascinating!

Is there a separate section for nature pictures of things other than insects? Plants have lots of interesting features, for example, especially at the macro level.

Just curious.

Nice work. Were you outside? What software did you use to stack? I have the same camera and have been experimenting with stacking in the field so to speak. Finding times with no wind is a challenge where I live, but Helicon does a great job of aligning when there's just slight breezes. I'll post som...