Nikonian72 wrote:
If these are hand-held, then A-F is not a problem. I use A-F for all of my hand-held macro-photography. If your camera was tripod-mounted, then you probably should have switched-off lens VR. I suggest that you spend much time with just your macro lens, at or very near Minimum Focusing Distance, to get as much experience as possible, before "graduating" to extension tubes.
thank you, I think your right. I had the camera set on Manual mode, and hand-held.