Happy "Very Belated"  Birthday!!  Soooorryy I forgot :-(

 As usual I am fashionably late to the party.  Sorry I have been very busy.  These are shots I already had on my hard drive.

 Magali

Your geckos are cute!    I think they sell those in pet shops here.  

By the way I use photobucket to host my photos and then I copy the direct link into the photo attachment window and it works.

Wendy

Quote - Wow - cool shot!  I hope you were using zoom!  :)

Hey James - when was St. Andrews built?  I looked on line, but couldn't figure it out.

Yes definitely using the zoom!  Wouldn't want to get close to old mom there.  They were across the river from us.

 Here is one for you.  Taken a while back at Payne Creek State park which is maybe 30 miles from my house.  Momma gator and a few babies.

Quote - Bravo Wendy pour ce coup double !!
Did you shot them when you visited France or Italy ?
q:) Magali

Thanks Magali!

This shot was taken here in Florida.  I do need to post some of my Europe shots though :-)  I have one picked out just for you.

  One more from me  :-)

3 trees and 3 gulls

 Oooh I just bothered to read the rules and directions, LOL guess I better check my sizes!

 Busi_Ness told me to contribute and I don't want to let him down so here goes.

 Thanks for choosing my shot!  Congrats to everyone chosen!

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Very nice first butty shot!

I did notice a few things that may help you in the future;

1. You shot this at ISO 400....it does show a bit of noise...so, it would help to go down to ISO 200 or less.  Alternatively, you could process with noise software.
2. Be careful on your focus setting, and focus selection....In this case it appears to have focussed on the leaf on the left hand side of the image, putting the butty just a tad out of focus.
3. I also notice that you shot at F5.6....with macros/close-ups you generally want the most depth of field possible...so,  shooting with a smaller aperture will help in this regard.

I also agree with iloco....you are lucky to have bugs to shoot....not much around here now, except the elusive "snow worm"....LOL!

Have fun, and keep the shots coming....

I took a shot at the lake yesterday, will try to post it later. As for my F setting and ISO, I am still trying to figure out how to operate this thing LOL I will see if I can get outside this afternoon and learn something. I always have growing pains with new cameras. Here is the macro lens I am considering, anon - EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro Lens I will also check out the other suggestions you guys have made.