A butterfly's eye

[Ajophotog]

A few butterfly faces.

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[Alliec]

Beautifully sharp and clear shots with great detail :-)

[BRASH]

Wicked:thumbs:

[chewyuk]

Absolutely stunning shots Alby !

[jimbob]

another great set alby,i never realised butterflies where so furry

[Susane]

Oh my god! suberb shots.:thumbs:

My man says I can have some Raynox lens as an extra late birthday pressie, must get them ordered.:exit:

[OpticalFusion]

Your shots are utterly stunning.

[Dogfish_magnet]

Great set set showing amazing detail:clap:

[dod]

Your shots are utterly stunning.

Probably the best first post I've seen :p Great shots again :)

[Splog]

:clap: Awesome shots :clap:

[MarkWoodhall22]

They are simply excellent :thumbs:

What is your ermmm... 'Working Distance' I belive they may call it?:thinking:

[Cobra]

Thats pretty damned close Alby
Nice set :thumbs:

[Dan.Hodson]

wow! link to said lens, or similar?

[Ajophotog]

Thanks for all your kind words folks they're very encouraging ;)
All shots taken with the Panasonic FZ8 and the Raynox DCR 250.

[oldgit]

lordy lordy lordy, they are very good

[captain jack]

Outstanding shots there, very impressed.

[KayJay]

Those, are fantastic.

[Stephen67]

Those are truly amazing Alby... are you connecting your camera to a microscope or something??? Fantastic detail. *Stunned* :clap:

[scraggs]

Nice shots Alby, the detail in 4 5 is superb, and the colour in 3 is great

[photostar_1]

Wow!!! Excellent work Alby :clap:

[shrimperblue]

Rubbish :lol:

SB

[Scotty]

Brilliantly sharp images, great work

[InaGlo]

You do know youre the reason I hate my macro lens dont you? :lol:
Every time I look at your stunning pictures, I think 'thats what I want from a macro lens!'

These are fabulous as always, and I cant wait to see more bugglies like these from you now the weather is warming up. :thumbs:

[Duckydoodle]

I hate bugs and insects so much but you keep taking these stunning shots that make me look at them. You're way too good at this ;) :lol:

[Didgi Widgi]

how did you get the bug to pose like that? did you pay it or ?

[ekimeno]

I'm blown away as usual:notworthy:

[Borats Baby]

Good god Alby,

http://www.hifiwigwam.com/images/emoticons/not_worthy.gif

Any closer and you'd be taking X-rays .

[Ajophotog]

Thanks for passing and all your kind words. :D
Didgi they were just drinking so were very tolerant of having a camera pushed into their faces. :lol:
Mark: working distance was about 4-5 inches.

[MarkWoodhall22]

Mark: working distance was about 4-5 inches.

Cool, thanks Alby!:thumbs:

[Joe©]

stunning

[dellipher]

:'(

i Want to pretend that butterflies are always beautiful!

[pearce_jj]

Amazing as ever!

So will adding one of these £25 wonder lenses to my Fuji S6500 enable me to have a bash at some close-ups?

[Ajophotog]

Joe: thanks for looking ;)
Dellipher: No need to pretend all butterflies are beautiful ;)
James: Yes one will, go for the dcr 250 and practice. ;)

[pearce_jj]

(shuffles off to ebay ;))

[dellipher]

Butterflies areeeeeeeeeeee pretty...when they're not close up!:D

[Woodsy]

Cracking shots, as usual :)

[Janice]

Oh go away!!!!!!!!!!!! ;) :D

[Vince]

Sweet

[Ajophotog]

Thanks Woodsy ;)
Janice I'm gone ;)
Thanks Vince and welcome to the forums ;)

[Psmeg]

Some amazing macro photography there... simply stunning in their detail!

[30psi]

I'm stunned at the competency of that camera and the macro lens.

I've got some macro lenses for my 400d but they never amount to this type of zoom.

[Ajophotog]

Some amazing macro photography there... simply stunning in their detail!
Thanks Psmeg ;)
I'm stunned at the competency of that camera and the macro lens.

I've got some macro lenses for my 400d but they never amount to this type of zoom.

These are probably about 3x lifesize so unless you have a Mp-e 65 you won't get that magnification as a 1:1 macro lens and a full set of extension tubes will only get you to 2x lifesize.