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

Raindrops and Spiders' Webs

I've been experimenting with the camera again!!  Some were taken on macro mode and some with a macro add-on lens.  I'm thinking of entering one of these into a photo competition, but I can't decide on which one to use!!

"Skull-duggery"

As yesterday was quite a nice day I decided to do some tidying in the garden.  While clearing up leaves from under the shrubs directly under our livingroom window, I found the skeleton of a bird (probably either a starling or a blackbird).  I think the poor thing has flown into the window and been killed and I've never discovered it till now.  I found the skull pretty well intact so tried out the macro function of the camera to capture the image.  Look away now if you're a bit squeamish!!!