I resisted the very strong urge to have the Subject:
 FLIES LOVE THE 100mm MACRO LENS
for this post :)
Easily my sharpest macro yet:

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/90356002/original
560mm, handheld.
(Don't try this at home.)

I was sitting out in the backyard today, when this little fella caught
my eye. Had to go get the camera real quick!
www.members.optusnet.com.au/mjwyllie/GH02.jpg

Hope you all have a wonderful and safe Christmas and New year.
I am off for a week of drunken craziness at my sisters place in Moree.
Take it easy
Troll you next year

Wishing you all the best for the Christmas Holidays, Keep it safe and have
fun:-)
Mick Brown

I'm getting all teary eyed and choked up now that the packages are starting
to roll in.  I'm proud to announce a new 7 pound 8 ounce bundle of joy to
our family.
<http://www.geocities.com/ritaberk2007/family_portrait.htm>

When there is a quiet moment to be had on a sand dune somewhere?
Surely this has got to be the best time of the day....
http://www.pixelpix.com.au/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/GC_Spit_I7U5804.jpg
http://www.pixelpix.com.au/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/GC_Spit_I7U5795.jpg

Not me thanks.
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/15837/1085/

On November 30 an official of the Guinness book of Worldrecords declared our
Santa as the biggest marionette in the world.
The city of Torres Vedras, Portugal, where I live, is the proud owner of
this 11 mtr high Father X-mas. It's weight is 1,5 metric tons, it is

I bought a Vosonic VP6230 + 80GB HDD + 1 extra battery in april 2006
from Vasa Carapic - http://www.powerinnumbers.com, sent back for
problems in june 06 (he never shipped me the extra battery!): Vasa
said me to ship it back for check & substitution, once received the

Not the best, I know, but they're my first hoverflies in flight.
Had to crop them some to make it worth posting even. Sorry.
Hoverflies in flight
http://piggo.com/~troy/photos.php?img=photos/2007_12_19/img_4777.jpg

Just a spontaneous photo I took when walking around town.
The metering system is fantastic; I almost never have to compensate and the
(auto) white balance performs very satisfactory too.
Look at the left where the more warm city lights shine, but it leaves the

Rastus says hi!
Merry christmas to everyone except #1, #2 and #3 troll.
To them I hope they choke on their turkey bone.
Douglas

Yesterday I was shooting some seagulls and boats in a harbor. Focusing went
pretty good, although I'm still learning. But I noticed that practically all
pictures I took with sky in it, specially against the sun, were much too
dark. I used Matrix metering and 14 bit RAW lossless ...