Thanks, Gerd, for posting this month's Administrator's Appreciation choice. You can view Gerd's original post and the replies at our new home, Bubble hairs of Chenopodium II.

This month's Administrator's Appreciation choice honors goes to Paul Hafner. You can view the original post and replies on our new home at [Spittle bug nymph].

Thanks for your participation, Paul

Hi ya' Gary, :D It is unusual to see gila monsters out and about in daylight. Most of the time they are in rodent burrows during the day. Here's a little trick I use to locate reptiles during the day. I carry a small camp mirror made of polished stainless steel in my camera bag. You can buy these in...

Hi y'all, :D We truly believe you will like our new home, Photomacrography.net/Amateurmicroscopy.net , better. Here's why... Enhanced Security... Our new home will be much more secure against spammers. I have installed several safety modifications to our phpBB software that will lessen the amount of...

Hi y'all, :D Our current member galleries are hosted separately on another server. This has been an administrative nightmare for me trying to limit galleries to just our registered members. For this reason, the new Member Galleries will be hosted from within our new home at Photomacrography.net/Amat...

Hi y'all, :D Although our new home, Photomacrography.net/Amateurmicroscopy.net , has enhanced security features to prevent unwanted spammers from registering in our forums, we can't block them all. Once again we find it necessary to block registrations using email addresses from the free, public ema...

Hey Sue,

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Hi ya' Darren, :D Something like this would probably work with the MT24-EX flashes. My only concern would be...How do you light a vertical composition? If you don't have a lens with a rotating tripod collar then the whole rig would have to be turned vertical. That places your flashes above and below...

Hi y'all, :D I just got my Canon EF 70-300mm IS zoom lens back from Canon repair today. Gee, another good reason for taking a break from setting up the new forums... :wink: http://www.photomacrography1.net/images/fieryskipper1.jpg Fiery Skipper ( Hylephila phyleus ) Canon EOS 20D with Canon EF 70-30...

Hi y'all, :D Thought I would just take a quick break from working on our new forums... http://www.photomacrography1.net/images/bumblebee002.jpg Bumblebee ( Bombus sp.) Canon EOS 20D with Canon EF 300mm f 2.6L IS lens + Canon EF 2x II teleconverter, ISO 400, 1/400 sec @ f 11, Canon 550ex flash set to...

Hi ya' Darren,

I'm not sure I can give you any advice about this but I have moved your post to this forum where I feel you will get more responses to your topic.

Best regards,

Hi ya' mistermacro, :D Thank you for taking the time to submit your suggestions. We do appreciate all of our members involvement on all levels in our community. :D Now, to address your concerns... Why not make the galleries easier to find? currently they are hidden between guidelines and other thing...

Hi ya' Wim,

Thanks for the nice comment, my friend. I have a description of the box at http://www.photomacrography1.net/forum/ ... php?t=5426. I'll post a photo of it a little later this weekend. OK?

Best regards as always, Wim.

Ken Ramos wrote:Wow, what a shot Tom. Was that taken with a "fisheye" lens?

OK, I deserved that for posting the hummingbird photo

Hi y'all, :D I just finished building a new diffuser box for my flash to light my macro subjects. The closest test subject I had at hand was a Chinese algae eater in my aquarium... :D http://www.photomacrography1.net/images/algaeeater1.jpg Chinese Algae Eater ( Gyrinocheilus aymonieri ) Canon EOS 20...