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Hi Blackstar. Sorry about the delay replying. 1. Lol. "Very lousy situation" is relative. I find it a rather enjoyable challenge :) 2. Are you kidding? There are TONS of tiny objects littering your house that are a blast to see under magnification! Did you see the pic I posted in your other...

Focus stacking can certainly be done here. It's a great tool for macro if you can't get your desired DOF. Do you have a remote shutter release, either cable or IR? Either one would help immensely. I have had good results throwing as much light as possible on my macro subject if I'm in a...

I have that lens, but as Twisted Throttle and others have noted, you do need to get quite close to the subject to fully realize the 1:1 (or better) quality. That's not an issue for me as I purchased it specifically to take macro shots of my wife's stitched designs for her busines. Getting an...

@Wolfsatz - were these all taken with your phone?

I turned my D5500 on this afternoon, attached a 55-200mm lens, and...it wouldn't autofocus. I tried another lens, then two more. Same thing. I put in a fresh battery. Same thing. I cleaned the contacts, took it off BBF, checked for a firmware update, prayed to Ba'al...same thing. No autofocus...

I find myself in the unfamiliar position of having a little bit of money to play with. Not having to commute a hundred miles a day to work since COVID restrictions kicked in last May has meant close to a hundred dollars a week saved just in gas money. Not to mention no yearly brake job, lunch...

Ask a former chef to post a knife pic.... :cupcake:

My wife makes custom beeswax thread waxers for the needlework community, melting blocks of wax and pouring them into silicone molds:

For this week's challenge, "Bokeh", I wanted to try Front Bokeh as I've always liked the effect since seeing it on some fashion shoot vid a year or so ago. Up til then when I wanted bokeh I always reflexively put it behind the subject. It's nice, but I think it's nifty when some of the bokeh...

5-shot landscape vertical stitch of the street leading down from my driveway during a morning ice storm.

I've been away for a bit, as I had some minor surgery which required me to stay planted in my recliner for about two weeks. Nothing serious, but during recovery I was not able to take any pictures. But yesterday I was given the ok to start moving around some, so I thought I'd try my hand at...

Those were the days, my friend....

For this week's Challenge, "Music", I originally planned on doing a portrait of my wife playing her viola, possibly shot through the cut-outs of her ornate antique music stand. I may still do that one of these days, but as I was mulling it over I thought of something I'd prefer to try. I've...

"Sunrise Concerto"

I look forward to this every year - thanks for posting the link! Lol, is it just me or does the "Hide and Seek" picture remind you of Beaker from the Muppets also?

I had fun setting up a shot for this weeks photo challeng, "Morning Beverage". I originally wanted to stage the scene on my kitchen table next to an open window for natural light, but an uncooporative sun negated that idea. Then I took it outside to our deck, but there was no place that I could...

Anyone remember the old Irish Rovers song...?