Daylight Robbery ...

[MarkB1]

Parasitic wasp lays an egg in the orange tail resin bee's nest.

[Ironwood]

That's a great set of shots, Focus is spot-on.

[Alan]

Beautiful detail and light as always Mark

[eaglem]

Intriguing insect.

[MarkB1]

That's a great set of shots, Focus is spot-on.

Thanks I .... That's AF for you, though MF would have done the job here since it was occupied focussing on inserting an egg.

[MarkB1]

Thanks Alan, eagle ... Appreciated.

[pembo260]

Great sample of macro work, very nice work

[MarkB1]

Great sample of macro work, very nice work

Thanks P, appreciated.

[Ironwood]

Thanks I .... That's AF for you, though MF would have done the job here since it was occupied focussing on inserting an egg.

You obviously are getting fantastic results using AF. I tried using AF early on in the piece without much luck , Nikon DSLR (currently a D7100) and Nikon AF-D 55mm f2.8 and Nikon 105mm f2.8. I get better results using MF and moving my camera in and out (handheld) to get focus.
I seems we are using different gear, and it seems yours is more suited for AF work. I guess we all try and make the gear we have, work for us.

[MarkB1]

You obviously are getting fantastic results using AF. I tried using AF early on in the piece without much luck , Nikon DSLR (currently a D7100) and Nikon AF-D 55mm f2.8 and Nikon 105mm f2.8. I get better results using MF and moving my camera in and out (handheld) to get focus.
I seems we are using different gear, and it seems yours is more suited for AF work. I guess we all try and make the gear we have, work for us.

Yes, you can make anything work with practise.