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That looks good to me. Blustery day. Was this done indoors because it was blustery outside? Or was it done outside despite it being a blustery day? (Stacking in blustery conditions being ... ...

What a terrific set of images!  Well done indeed.

Laowa 15mm f/4 Wide Angle Macro ?

Like John, I really like the first two.

It is in a sorry state, but I like the angles you got on it.

I don't think what I use for flash would be of any help to you, so I'll concentrate on your requirements. You have two macro setups. Do you use them for different types of subject, or sometimes ...

Thanks for being understanding John. I appreciate that.

That is  very small indeed! Must have been difficult even finding it. Well done.

Another good set John. Two super head on compositions at #2 and #4.

EDIT: Oh, John, I'm sorry, I wasn't thinking straight here. This is maybe a thread hijack. My apologies. If you wanted to you could use exactly the same lens John uses, using a Sigma MC-11 adapter. ...

Goodness me, what a great read that was, so well put together, so informative and so thought provoking. I think that is one of the bests posts I have ever read on this site.

Yes, that's it. I do it in Photoshop. For stretching you have to increase the canvas size first. If the background is out of focus it can often stretch without looking odd. Obviously if it is ...

I have for a while now been thinking of my close-up/macro stuff as "images based on photographs". I refer to them as images, never as photographs. My aim is generally to go for credibility rather ...

As others have suggested I think you should use whatever crops feel comfortable to you. You might even sometimes want to do what I do occasionally which is to keep two crops of an image. For my own ...

What a striking image!  Well done. I like that a lot.

Made me smile.

That sounds better. That said, from the OP's gear list it looks like they use an A7ii. (The half press to get back to full viewfinder would remain a problem for me; I would want to leave the ...

Thanks Henry. :)

Thanks Greg. :)

Ooh, that is rather pleasing. Thank you. :) Thanks Rodger.