raymondh wrote:
These were handheld. I let my daughter borrow my tripod for her vacation & haven't got it back yet. Reason I posed the question was I thought I read somewhere that you wouldn't get a lot of benefit using extension tubes on a Macro lens. I appreciate your comments. Not to try your patience, here's a couple more tightly cropped version's I took Saturday while she was munching on a moth. I thought the detail wasn't too bad, but like you say, we're always trying to hit one out of the park.
You did very well for hand held! Great job :-) Below is a link to someone who used the extension tube on his macro lens on the dew on a spider web! Now that is a WOW factor! LOL! Good luck and I look forward to seeing how you do! I will do the same when I get mine....I do know it will take a bit of practice....I also purchased a macro rail through amazon a long time ago and still am yet to use it! I think that when I get the extension tubes this is going to come in REALLY handy! LOL!