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Still just trying this macro lark :) dew 3 by markbaker1975, on Flickr

Thanks guys for your comments, I found the fly sitting on a blue plant pot and the colours looked good. I did try to turn the pot towards me to get a front facing picture (and focus on the eyes lol) but the fly vanished!! The problem with using the reverse lens is getting the aperture right...

My first ever Macro So I did a search for 'macro lenses' and found an adapter that allows you to fit your lens back to front. Without even knowing it I had one of these in my bag so here's the outcome I used my 50mm 1.8g lens with a 58mm nikon mount! FLY by markbaker1975, on Flickr

That's great Matt! Really pleased with the out come of that. I took several shot with different shutter speed but none (other than the HDR) with different exposure settings. Although I took a lot of my pictures in jpeg I did take some RAW pictures too! You've made a good job of that Mark

I may look at retrying the HDR but correcting the picture before it's processed! Thanks for all your comments

One of the originals, without HDR 574 by markbaker1975, on Flickr

Thanks for your comments everyone. The colour version is actually my favourite too! Was going to post it at some point anyway!

London O2 Dome and Canary Wharf I actually went to take a picture of the Thames Barrier and came back with this picture taken from right next to the Barrier HDR using 9 picture from -4 EV to +4 EV Enhanced by markbaker1975, on Flickr

I live quite near the bridge and travel across it once a week, but too found it hard to get a suitable spot to take the picture! In fact it took me about 2 hour to find how to get close lol. I originally tried to get access from the west side of the bridge (left of where I took the picture) but...

Thanks for your input, I did ponder on cropping the picture but liked the way the cables to the left of the left main upright balanced the picture, I'll upload a crop to see! Thanks for the advice!

Just to add. This is the south side of the river!

Thanks! The Bridge is extremely high and I wanted to keep the top of the bridge in frame. I guess I was about 50 feet from the first pillar. If I had more time I could of gone lower down the bank to remove the first pillar from the shot but I'm happy with the outcome

My First post Queen Elizabeth 2 bridge (QE2) Also known as Dartford crossing I really wanted to shot this a lot latter but I took my young son with me and he wanted to go home, shot was taken at around 10.30 using an 18mm-55mm lens at 18mm, f11, ISO 200. 30 second exposure and I used a...