Recent content by Andy Johnson

Mine was a really cheap one from Jessops. It does the job. It's a Jessops Monopod 330. It was about £16, 5 yrs ago maybe longer.

Get a monopod, they take a bit of getting used to but they certainly steady your shot. You could also just use a thin cane and rap your thumb and index finger around it whilst holding your camera. Cheap alternative that works.

Great choice, you won't be disappointed.

I want an MP-E 65mm and my wife wants a 600 mm. We can't afford either so we are putting our money into learning :)

Hi, wooden fence panels can be quite good at night for earwigs, wood lice and spiders. You can find roosting flies on tall seeding grass heads, and if you know of a maize field nearby, all sorts of small flying bugs will use the leaves for roosting. They also seem to attract lacewings. You could...

Hi Ed welcome aboard. Im from devon too and looking forward to recognising some of your landscapes

The adapter broke very quickly on mine so i used a step down ring, other than that does a good job.

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They look like fruit flies. Drosophila. Ive spent years breeding them for keeping poison arrow frogs and insects. They will breed on over ripe fruit and rotting vedge. Check your bins as they will breed on the tiniest ammounts.

Sounds like a fun day out. Sadly my mother had a gas leak today and has an engineer coming around tomorrow to fix that so i ll have to be there, then i have to go into exeter to pick up my wifes broken phone and then visit a customer in hospital. Poor ole me. All ill be photographing will be...

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. @ Carl You will have the Tiverton canal only 10 minutes from you, lots of wild life there and of course exmoor, 20 minute drive with stunning views. The North devon coast is breath taking too. I'm from Honiton about 20 miles south.

...where it always rains. Hi all, first time for me on a photography forum but I really want to learn what I'm trying to do. I enjoy macro and dog photography and have been inspired of late because my wife has also taken a like to macro. I just bought her a Canon 700D and 100 mm macro USM to...