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This another prize winner they are all really stunning shots, what sort of camera do you use and do you use a macro lens?

Thanks again Bob, for your comments :) I use an Olympus Evolt E-410. My smallest lens is 14-42 mm and I have two other lens a 40-150 mm and a Super telephoto 70-300 mm. So no Macro yet, I saw a lens for around $500 just now online. I was reading that you can adapt your lens by using extention tubes and special lens covers that magnify your lens. I haven't tried any of that though.

Yes you can use extention tubes but as you say not tried that one I have got a 2x and a 3x converter for my old Olympus film stock camera and they worked brilliantly, unless I was shooting in low light but for outdoor shooting they were fine, they turned my 70-210mm lens into 420mm or 630mm but I really needed the tripod at that stage, I have not yet got that far with the digital camera yet but I will :o)))

Sometimes I can get a pretty clean shot in good lighting without a tripod, but the tripod really helps to get super clean shots. Tripods are so awkward and cumbersome though and I'm finding that I've been using it less, with all the adjusting I miss shots. I wish my eyes were a camera sometimes!!! Little USB port near my temple ;~)