OK, so I thought my photography needs some improvement. This PAD discipline should be fun, although I am not 100% sure I will be able to maintain a picture a day, but I will aim for at least several per week.
All feedback welcome, particularly constructive criticism.
My first macro photo of a spider. I don't think this picture is very good, but the spider was only about 4mm long so I was quite pleased that I even managed to get an approximate focus on it.
I know it looks as if todays photo is the same as yesterdays, but I went back to try and photograph the aphid family again today. Took my monopod instead of the tripod because I knew the tripod was unusable but I hoped that I would be able to get a bit of stability with the monopod. I think I got some better pictures but they are still soft, although I used a longer extension tube today (36mm, 20mm yesterday) so I haven't had to crop so they look a bit sharper.
More macro today. Went out to photograph some flowers and found this aphid on a rose bush and thought I'd try and get a pic of it since I know they don't move that fast so I figured I was in with a chance. Previewed the first shot and then saw the 4 baby aphids so took a few more shots to try and improve it... The image is a bit soft - I had to handhold because there was nowhere to put the tripod - but apart from that I am reasonably pleased with this.
Just playing with coloured filters on two lights ...
A bowl with coins in water, leave for a while so that bubbles form on the coins, then positioned two flashes (one with a blue filter, one with red) on either side and then shoot away playing with the balance between the two lights - in the end this one is about 4:1 to the blue.
After my unsuccessful attempts to photograph some insects yesterday (and again early this morning) I thought I would try some macro of something that doesn't move so fast...
But then I found that the Dandelion seed head I was photographing had a fly trapped inside it, so with some careful aperture setting for shallow DOF (and a lot of luck) I managed to focus (approximately enough) through the seeds on the fly within.
This is the shot I wanted to get - and in this you can make out the trapped fly.
and in this 
you can make out the trapped fly.
