Red & Yellow

Just got some extension tubes to try macro. Dam that is so hard! I'm used to manual focussing but with this you have to be so precise, just rocking ever so slightly backwards and forwards to achieve focus and then trying to be still enough for the shot....of course a tripod would be an idea! However bit hard to position around the plants in the garden, and who wants to bother with that darn thing all the time anyway! Just use that magic delete button over and over until you are lucky enough to get a sharp one!...Maybe an actual macro lens is easier.

Spiraea salicifolia

Tuława wierzbolistna

Begonia flower centre. Focus stacked using zerene. See www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/51384857897/ for a 3D version

Lens used : Sakar MC 135mm f2.8

Playing with a cheap swift childrens microscope (£69). Fuchsia anther focus stacked using zerene. I attached a camera body using an old telescope camera mount and some pipe insulation. The 10X objective is surprisingly good .

Lily bits- stigma. Focus stacked using zerene

Freesia closeups/ Focus stacked using zerene

Daffodil. Focus stacked using zerene

Small daisy like flower. Focus stacked using zerene

Crocus flower with hoverfly. Focus stacked using zerene

Raindrops on camellia flower. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

poppy flower centre. Natural light. Highdown gardens Worthing. Focus stacked using zerene

Iris waves. Iris flower petals. Focus stacked using zerene

Osteospermum flower centre. Focus stacked using zerene

Sony a6100 body, 90 mm Tamron macro lens

April, 3rd 2018 - 17°C - Olympus E-M10MarkII with Pentacon 50mm F1.8

Must be Christmas- a slightly early Christmas cactus flower. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Primula obconica dewdrop refraction. Focus stacked using zerene

Impatiens flower centre X4. Focus stacked using zerene

Dianthus. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Camellia. Focus stacked using zerene.

A near-macro shot from an iPhone - happy with the result.

Macro photograph of a flower taken with a Canon Eos 400D also using a macro extension tube

1. Crisantemo híbrido, 2. Tulipa , 3. Pink Beauty, 4. Pansy, 5. Queen, 6. Bud after rain, 7. Begônias, 8. White Orchid, 9. Purple Violet, 10. Lilac Rose, 11. Macro Pink Rose, 12. Lírio Híbrido, 13. Imperial14. Not available15. Not available16. Not available

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Gerbera flower centre. Focus stacked using zerene

Hebe still flowering. Focus stacked using zerene