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Buttercup. Still not as sharp as I would like it but getting there.


Tiny red flower. People are saying it's a weed. I have no idea just been in my garden for 17 years. I like it. It turns into a big bush about 3 feet tall and full of tiny red flowers. No idea of it's name.

I've now sent for a magnifying glass so when I use liveview I can use it as my glasses are not helping.

So many settings on my camear and I've no idea what most of them do. The manual is huge. Comprehensive Account Security

What do snowmen have for breakfast? Snowflakes!

20-Jun-2019 13:55:52

Here's a couple of visitors to my garden

Who's the cat that won't cop out when there's danger all about?

20-Jun-2019 15:30:09

Some of the photos I took during the local light art festival in February.

20-Jun-2019 16:04:16

I havent done much today. I've changed some camera settings and it's not worked out lol. Wish I had a factory reset (looking for it)

Anyway today I took a picture of a dandylion flower.



Focused it and then used a magnifying glass on the live view to get it even sharper. Still struggling with it. I got the depth of field I was looking for though. So I'm getting better at this.


Tiny white flower with even smaller green bug the size of a greenfly. Comprehensive Account Security

What do snowmen have for breakfast? Snowflakes!

21-Jun-2019 15:48:00 - Last edited on 21-Jun-2019 16:06:13 by Tuffty

I'm in a really good mood today. My E-Bay buy has arrived. Been after some extension tubes for my Pentax K-r for over a year and other day I won the bid. Sooooo happy now I should be able to take better macro pictures as they are auto focus.

Jessops Auto Extension Tubes Pentax PK/A fit. Set of 3, 13mm, 21mm and 31mm. Used them all ready to test them out and I'm very happy. I'm like a dog with 2 beef bones to chose from lol. I have these tubes as well as 2 dedicated macro converters thats 1:1 each.

Better pictures from me soon. Fingers crossed. Comprehensive Account Security

What do snowmen have for breakfast? Snowflakes!

22-Jun-2019 10:09:01

Tiny daisy. Took ages to get it in focus.


Some sort of green garden bug.

Took 100+ pictures of it and thats the best.


2 for the price of 1. See if you can see the spider.

I got some extension tubes now and was hoping to take some better pictures. But sadly I can't get my head around them. 90% of the pictures are just black screens. They are supposed to work on my camera as they have the through contacts. I just can't set the F stops. Tried all sorts. The camera is just way too complicated. I just wish I knew someone local that had 1 to show me the in's and out's of it...

The manual is a mini encyclopedia.


Took well over 2 hours to get the 1 I was looking for. This came very close to what I was after.
Alfie closeup of his eye.


My other parrot Billy's eye. Took 5 mins. He sat in the right place. Comprehensive Account Security

What do snowmen have for breakfast? Snowflakes!

23-Jun-2019 11:52:47 - Last edited on 23-Jun-2019 13:13:02 by Tuffty

This picture took ages.

Guess what it is lol.

Was using 65mm extension tubes and 28-80mm lens at 50mm. ISO 1600 1/50th second. <<< No idea what that lot means but if I forget what I used I can look back here.

I'm very pleased with that picture. Infact I would say it's my best to date.

Goot some great feedback on a FB group i'm in saying the ISO is too high and next time use a lot less. Like 100-400. Comprehensive Account Security

What do snowmen have for breakfast? Snowflakes!

24-Jun-2019 15:10:44 - Last edited on 24-Jun-2019 16:08:36 by Tuffty