Great sunflower shots Angela, you will soon have the birds after them and even more photo ops.

Nice turtle photo Joe

Thanks Ray, I do actually plan on making some 16x20 prints for some folks that asked. The file is large enough for 16x24 at 300ppi.

Really nice shot of the fishing boat Dook, well done!

Hi merry, thank you very much and thanks for looking

Hi Swamp-Cork, beautiful shots of the zebra swallowtail, you are fortunate to have these in your area. You did a great job on the photos!

Rick I really like the dragonfly shot, nice work

Neat shot CPO

Thank you very much sailorsmom

Thank you vikinguy for your nice comments, the painted lady is a striking butterfly glad you liked it

Hi Mike, thank you as always for your kind words. Glad you liked the beetle

Thanks very much Jeff

J-SPEIGHT thank you for the thumbs!

Marty if your shooting small subjects at a high magnification like the spider you posted you will have an extremely shallow depth of field in sharp focus and any shake or vibration is magnified along with the subject. If you enjoy shooting closeups of small subjects with available light I would suggest using a tripod and remote shutter release. That will eliminate your camera movement and allow the aperture to be closed down for the depth of field you will need, you will be able to shoot at lower ISO settings and shutter speeds. Also by putting the camera lens combination on a tripod and using the timer function or remote you can check your camera and lens to be sure there is not an issue with either one. Many others have given good advice here, I would repeat that if your focus points in view finder are not clear and sharp adjust the diopter on viewfinder. With all the info given you should be able to get sharp pictures.

Thank you very much Swamp-Cork for your nice comments and for looking