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I have the same thing with my feeders. I get a black fungus like growth which I think is on the detritus left by the birds when they wheedle out the seeds from the sunflower and drop the hulls.

I have a Tamron 180 for insect work - butterflies, dragonflies, etc. I also have the Nikon 85 Micro which is near your budget and is a very nice lens to use, producing good results. With macro work, autofocus isn't too important and I normally use the 180 on manual focus.

Have been photographing for more years than I care to remember. From a simple Kodak Brownie through Praktica and Yashica and now, after over 30 years using Pentax equipment, I have transferred to Nikon with a new D7000 with two macro lenses, a Nikon 85 mm Micro and a Tamron 180 macro. My main...

Hi, everyone. Been photographing over 60 years. Still learning!