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Shooting Critters This is getting much more difficult than expected. The larger sensor on the new camera and the depth of field reduces, smaller aperture and diffraction increases, light levels and I have to worry about camera shake, and then the flash casts a shadow. I got better results on...

Some reviews of macro equipment are inadequate and misleading (not enough information*). Trial and error can be expensive. Still floundering a bit and it will not be sorted until the weather improves next spring. Lack of both good light and subject matter. (*I used to do macro with film...

I think I up the contrast a bit and call it a success. The orchid does not favour sunny days. This means it is difficult to hold the camera steady enough. It is not easy to find at the best of times. Sigma (not ideal)

Sigma 50 mm + Flash Unedited test shot using a 50 mm Sigma macro. I would not recommend this lens. I would want a short macro lens with focusing so the lens does not get larger so flash can be used. I don't know if these are made or not? I am getting almost as good shots with the standard...

I've seen a better picture than mine with a Nokia N8 phone. Small cameras and phones are easier to keep steady. I've done better with my Canon SX40 bridge camera (itself is over-priced).

Some of the lens cost as much as a season ticket. This one was classed as a failure. Some of the cheaper cameras are pretty good for close-ups. Even the latest i-phones can take pictures better than the above one.

I am intrigued by your results as I have a Nikon D3200 (new to me) and I am experimenting (triAl and error and more error and mistakes) before getting a micro lens. That's what I did before (borrowed Canon 500D and 90mm macro), smaller aperture and difficulty in holding the lens steady or the...

What equipment was this taken with? I know the subject matter and it is better than the ordinary. This is best I could do with my basic equipment. The flower is Devil's Bit Scabious, the same as the flower with the Burnet Moth. This was done with a bridge camera that would cost less than a...

I would try out one first. I borrowed a 90mm Tamron Macro and did not like it for close-ups. Too inflexible, too large. And the results weren't very good either.

Superb of the titchy butterfly on Red Bartsia. I find holding the camera steady quite tricky at these magnifications. But the main problem I have with my Nikon D3200 is the fill-in flash overexposes. I put some pics on flickr which can show the EXIF details.

With macro photographs, people don't show the nine out of ten failures. My first DSLR is an entry level and a week old. Just trying out close-ups for the first time this afternoon..

Switch to manual focus.