My new macro lens, first attempts

Very good  the Bungalow idea was very smart. 

Mr Kes said:

Sorry to jump on the thread

Not at all. The more the merrier. You can't beat a good laugh ...

Cracking set of shots, obviously a steadier hand than mine

Thanks Scozmos. Image stabilisation helps, and I did pick out the best ...

I've been sitting editing most of the day, doing exactly that....

Really nice shots and great use of aperture to get the depth of field - the advantage of the f2.8 lens. I shoot in RAW and do all my editing in Lightroom - usually just the same tweaks and crop etc but you get very quick at it. The great thing I find is that its easier to decide whether to keep an image or not - you can tel straight away that one is a binner - but there are those images that can be saved in LR that are just lost forever in jpeg - especially white birds. I kept far too many images when I shot in jpeg 

Cracking macro images BD and wonderful detail;  glad the new lens is bringing such great results and thanks for sharing them.

Mr Kes said:

Very good  the Bungalow idea was very smart.

Until you start trying to remember where the stairs are!  

I agree Bob, that some images can be saved. I have photographed a couple of family weddings - my sister's and a relation, (no fee of course ... ). Fortunately both days were quite bright, and on both occasions I have recovered detail in the bride's dress that would have been lost in a jpg. I have also recovered lost detail in sky and light coloured birds like herons and such. As I said, I don't do it too often, but I like to have the option - like a 'get out of jail free card' ... . I do all my editing in Photoshop, because I can't use any other. I think that flitting between editing programs make you not very good at any, instead of concentrationg on one and becoming reasonable.