Yep, absolutely!

This post stirs the same emotions experienced when being surrounded by the sadness of family members while conducting funerals for their loved ones - mid sixties.

And many other tools especially experience!
It's waaaaay above my pay grade knowing how that image became so sharp at such a high ISO.
Thank you!

Cemeteries are great places to visit to get the feel of the area culture. Saw one flat grave marker the other day with the the words , "Dragon Lady" and footprints of a cat (?) engraved diagonally across it.

Or a significant new toy!

There are some very good lenses listed above. I use the Canon 17-55mm most of the time; however, in the more than a dozen years I've used it I've taken it apart twice to clean out dust. So my basic suggestion is to get a sealed lens that does not extend physically when zooming.

Beautiful images with elegant borders!

Bought one for my grandson a year ago and now everyone has some sort of gadget he has made. My son bought one quite a few years ago to use in his research lab to make parts he could not obtain otherwise. I spent several months redesigning and rebuilding it before it worked reasonable well. At that time the design had the table moving up and down to accept the plastic. As the part became more heavy the thing would start making big mistakes. The only way to get it to work was to build a very light weight movable table top. Quite a challenge but it still works.
Tried coming up with a counterbalance system but there was no reasonable way to make the balance load match the product being "printed" as it "grew".
I've got a couple misfires sitting around here from that adventure.

The last two are very nice but the first makes my eyes hurt like looking at a three D movie without the proper glasses...I know, not what you asked...

Either or both of the last two should have "Tranquility" as their titles or in their titles but hey, its 5:30 a.m. here now and maybe later I'll be more awake with a different take on your first photo.

Every city has one (at least) of these places. I like the house' paint job...thanks for the photo.

Now that is certainly a picture worth a thousand words - outstanding! Shows a really simple physical hook-up with no extra parts to wobble at all and puts the light solidly into an optimum position.
Found out something I hadn't begun to think about over the weekend. Spent time outside selecting targets and thought there were plenty images on the sd card to be able to determine what worked best. The surprise was that I have to pay more attention to the actual target - didn't bring a single one back that was any where as nice as could be. Did manage to move fairly close to getting the camera/lens working in my favor - just didn't realize every flower shot was damaged in some small way or another that didn't show up until the image was up on the computer screen.
Need to add a magnifying glass to the bag.
This new toy project is turning into fun!

Even after all these years I still wish I could have played an imbedded photographer part in that movie.

Great photos and history lesson!

That is good to read!
Have found a place to store the fully assembled table-top stand (it was good to familiarize myself with camera macro settings, distance from object, etc).
Most all the spare time this weekend was spent reading and shooting trying to get used to being the zoom actuator as well as determining what to look for in a potential subject.
Will order a light and the parts to make a support for it today. Also dug the old bracket out to see how it feels - forgotten how it helps with camera stabilization and positioning (put it away very soon after getting my first camera and lens with shake reduction capabilities).
I am amazed and very appreciative of all the comments posted on this forum over the last days, great confidence builders!

Oh yeah, great help, thank you! I'm beginning to find out getting a camera and lens is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to macro photography. This learning experience will be the best possible exercise to excite and tone the brain's neurons.

Lets see, did pass a page where something was said about "mirror flip-up" but not "auto rotate" yet. It's about time to download the manual for my camera to be able to search for its specific features.

Guess one out of three is good for an amateur. Have learned the need to cover the viewfinder and my head to see what I'm shooting when out in mid-day sun. Never had the camera pointing mostly down out there though which makes that much more important.