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I think my strokers ran on 50/1,ktm 300 and cr500.

Couple of shots,battle scarred ladybird eating a greenfly,and a small dragonfly from the pond.

Thats a bit of a beast,I bet they chomp their way through a fair bit of foilage. Great pics too!

Must admit I dont like cutting big upright lumps from a mewp,too much to go wrong,but looks like Daniel had it all under control.

I would have mewped it,but then I have one so no hire charges,I dont quite get why it 'should' have been climbed,or am I missing something? I would maybe have gone for smaller pieces & sod the rigging, (unless its a sensitive area). What matters is getting the job completed with no surprises,and with a good time/profit ratio in my books,each to their own prefered method.

Hi Mark,welcome to the forum,I work in your neck of the woods most weeks. Nice work you have done there by the way!

It would seem rarely in the uk,Im no expert,and so had to search the net for an answer(its all learning). Nice pics!

Welcome to the forum,your new home sounds lovely,enjoy your time there,and here too!

I reduced and thinned one gently a year or so ago,if no one gets back on the reaction to pruning,I will have a look in the week.

Thats nice, I like it!

Glad your getting some of them back,good luck with the rest Hamma.

Just got back from trauling the net,looks like oedemera nobilis as Steve says,females having the slim legs,as against the males heavy femur area.

I wish you all the best with the opp,with your take on life you will get a good result,keep at it.

Very nice turning Flames,I like the Shape of this work!

Thats a very nice piece,simply great!

Looks good!

As Hamma says,the lx5 is good,thing with these small cameras is you need to be within a couple of inches from the subject to get a good macro,and so you tend to block the light with the camera or yourself,thats why I use these add ons,you can step back and use the digital zoom at its highest setting,but the picture is not of a very high resolution. an example of the canon g12 at max zoom from about 18 inches;

And eating at the same time!

Thanks Hamma,put a couple more up,I'm still getting used to this set up,but they are handheld shots,gone in about as close as I felt ok with,lens to subject about 9inches.

Thanks,I had it set on manual at 5.6,8 would give more depth of field in focus. auto focus,iso80,and 200th second shutter,(using flash),as it was a bit windy. If not windy then you can get these with a slower shutter speed,and set it av(aperture priority). I set it to macro,but its not nescesary,but the trick is to getthe dedicated canon filter holder £45 part no (fa-dc58b),this will hold a 58mm filter,or any size filter with a step down ring(£3or£4),Then run around phoning shops etc to find an 'acromatic'close up filter,(these filter/lenses)are made of two bits of glass,and give far superior images than the common close up filters. Then set the camera to a high optical zoom,this gives you about a foot between the lens and subject so you dont spook them,and it lets the light on your subject as you are not right up against it like you are in normal macro. If you use the digital zoom as well,you would get even more magnification! You can buy new acromatic filters such as Raynox DCR 150 and 250 for about £35/45,but I just bought them from a camera shop second hand for £8 for two sigmas they have different magnification streangths.you can use them one at a time,or stack them for smaller subjects,the quality of these filters is superb,canon do some too,but they are hard to get.Any settings will get the picture,but to get in close,and from a distance,its the filter addapter & achromatic filter that do the job,what they are up to is allowing you to use the cameras lens at its longest(highest magnification),and focus closer to the subject. If you are after this kit for your camera,you can get the canon addapter from any canon dealer,or online,the achro filters take some looking,but I have done that and could source you some the same as those I use as the shop had a few of them second hand and good. Hope this helps,and that canon addapter can hold any filter,plolariser,skylight,etc,and protects the lens and gives you a better hand hold on this small camera. Sorry for the prolonged post!give me a shout if you get the canon bit & I could lend you the filter setup to try.

Janey,I use the same camera as Monkey-D,a canon g12 (or11),its a small pocket camera,but you can buy a filter attachment to go on it,and a close up filter,the camera is about £360 - £450 new,the filter attachment £45,the close up filters off ebay second hand £10,or new £35.The only tech bit is to make sure you get an 'achromatic' filter,as they have two bits of glass (rather than one in the cheap close up filters),and give superior pics. (If you are interested in getting this sort of kit I can go into furthur detail so you end up with the right bits & bobs). Oh and the great thing is you dont need a tripod!

Single fishermans,a great knot! Nice set of pics to demonstrate.

Make sure you get a good one,they have seen a lot of use by now & milling is going to give it a workout,might be better getting an 880 or 3120 as they will be fresher,love my 3120,it pulls a six foot bar with skip chain (cross cutting,as I have not milled) in dead oak without busting its gut.

Tommer,I can send you the lot of them if you like! They need plenty of feeding! Yes they are nice looking,the pics dont do the colour of them justice, as I had to use a flash.

:thumbup1:Wow,thanks Janey,and yes they are munching my lavender as well,bless them!