Some insect and flower shots from the garden.

It's a really great time of year for macro work. The flowers are coming out all over the place which in turn attracts all manner of cool insect. Found a really cool soldier beetle (i think) on a flower and he was kind enough to do some cool poses and move around onto some white petals. A high key macro shot from me is quite unusual. And it's black and white :)

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And, of course, I couldn't help but get some shots of some of the new flowers coming up around the garden

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Thanks

Mark

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another extremely successful macro shot. congratulations.

and the last shot is my favorite.

This photograph looks good!nice shots

That B/W one is just brilliant.

Great Photos, I like the last one with the flower the best :)

Very nice work again ... really love to know which macro lens you used for this shots, and did you use a ring flashlight?

Hey,

Its the Sigma 105 HSM macro and the diffuser for my flash is the one in this post

https://peakd.com/hive-174578/@markangeltrueman/an-initial-review-of-my-new-macro-diffuser

Ow that's an interesting kit when you're into macro photography. Love the idea, and how it turned out in your images. It's a world of difference for sure. Hmmm 105 ... I hear only good things about that lens. It's one I will keep in my mind for when I saved up enough again.

Amazing shots. I love the editing on them as well.

Editing???...straight out of the camera of course ... LOL

Macros always a great challenge especially for learning technical side of things and setups can quickly get complicated.