Garden Insects up close and personal!!

I just love my Raynox DCR250 macro add-on lens and have been trying recently to have a bit of practice with it.  These photos are all hand-held, even though I know it would be better to use a tripod - but by the time I set that up, the moment would be gone!!  As it stands I have deleted more photos than I have kept, but that's one big advantage of digital images!!  Here are a few recent photos.

Fly

Hoverfly

Hoverfly

The beautiful wings of a bee

Hoverfly

Hoverfly

Daddy longlegs/Jenny longlegs/Crane fly

Hoverfly

Olympus SZ-30MR Camera

I have splashed out on a new compact camera that I can just pop into my handbag rather than carry my Fuji everywhere with me, to be used for jaunts into Edinburgh or nights out or out and about on holiday at night.  Needless to say, I've had to have a play with it to get used to it, so here are some of the results

Fly on flower (macro mode)

Port Seton Harbour

Port Seton Harbour

Port Seton Harbour

Port Seton Harbour