No macro from me, but lets say close ups. In these days you have to find something in your backyard.
First one is a shot with off camera flash SOOC. Second I played with live composite and applied a Pop Art filter in post.

The Lyrids Meteor Shower will be visible over the UK and Europe from 21st to 23rd April 2020. Rick Bear Hi Rick, I just read your tip. Fortunately I already knew about it and tried to capture it. I live in Hamburg, second biggest city of Germany, which means a lot of light pollution. It's about an ...

Here some macro of the same bugs, but in Romania :)) They were fighting over some food, one of them eventually won, and started to eat. All photos taken with OM E-M10 mark II + olympus 60mm f2.8 macro lens: Great shots Paul! I tried it myself. I don't have a macro lens. So I used the 14-42mm kit le...

Thanks Rick & MagRat. Yes there are some more pictures. I will see if there are any that are worth showing. In post I did some cropping, colour adjustment and lighten up some shadows. I am a real beginner in raw processing. Working with darktable and I have to learn the software. I'm in the trial an...

Great Picture Steve. I tried to capture the moon too. But I really didn't find the moon that impressive. With a turn to shadow on the WB it seems to be more like a sundown. As you can see here. P4080658 (2).JPG E-M10 II, 40-150 F4.0-5.6 R, at 123mm f 5,3 , 1/13sec , ISO 3200 , -1.3ev , spot metering...

That are fire bugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus) according to Wikipedia. In German they are called Feuerwanze. So it's almost the same name.

While stuck at home the backyard is almost the only place to take pictures outdoors. Although it's not strictly forbidden to leave the house here in Hamburg. Here are some bugs enjoying the sun while its getting warmer.
E-M10 II, 14-42 3.5 at 42mm, ISO 200, f 16, 1/40sec , -1ev

E-M10II 40-150 Kit Lens f4.5 1/1000sec

Hello Rob and everyone! My name is Thomas but I use Grischa here from my Google Account. I started photographing in the old film days with a Minolta and later a Sony Eos something. I was the typical vacation Shooter. For a long time I wasn'nt shooting at all. Some years ago I bought a Panasonic brid...