Over the last few days I have been getting out to shoot some macro, soon the bugs will be gone, or frozen solid anyway! The photo of a dragonfly on the left is from tonight, the dragonfly below was from yesterday. No tripods for these two macr photos...

I love macro photography and use extension tubes almost exclusively. I have dedicated macro lenses, but I like the distance I gain from the subject using a 300mm f/4 nikkor lens and extension tubes. The bug photo on the left is an example. I also use...

A few recent macro photos of dragonflies and damselflies, most photographed with the Nikon 300mm AFS f/4 lens handheld. I took over 200 mosquito bites taking these pictures, I hope you like them! Another type of dragonfly at rest. Dragonfly photographed...