Close Up!
These photographs were taken with a Minolta Dynax 5 camera and 50mm macro lens using available light or a Vivitar ring flash unit, apart from the "cuckoo spit" image, taken with a Minolta XG-9, Minolta 50mm f/1.7 lens and extension tubes.
Beetle on leaf of potato plant, Livingston, May 2003
"Cuckoo spit" on Aquilegia, Livingston, June 2003
Barnacles on cockle shells, Troon, May 24th 2003
Tiny fish (centre) in rock pool, Troon May 24th 2003
Human skin
"I" - self-portrait, April 26th 2003