Anyone else into macro/abstract photography ?

I was going to jump in and say, "I've had a bit of success with that" but fortunately I went and looked at your work first...

Lighting, awesome

D.O.F. awesome

focus, awesome

perspective, really interesting

And how the (lots of asterisks) did you get that lovely saturation?

It's easy to admire and appreciate other peoples pictures, but I think I envy yours...

Top drawer stuff.

Go, on take it to the next level. Do some germs... ;c)

Nice one, thanks, by the terms you've used I guess you already know a bit on the topic ?

Nice one, thanks, by the terms you've used I guess you already know a bit on the topic ?

Did half an HND, was getting decent grades, but wasn't taking the sort of pictures I liked, and could not get my end of year one project to work...

I'd like a few pointers as to how you got all that goodness in your macro stuff. I thought my house spider with the beady eyes was good, but it obviously could have looked so much better.

Ah I just looked and you do give the goodies.Interesting choice of camera. I eschewed the D700 and went straight to D3s but found it less likely to get the shot I wanted than my trusty D70s in aggregate, so it went back on ebay when I needed some money after a few years. When I next go into FX It will most likely be with a D700, although I'll confess, I'd LOVE to try a DF. 

I'm hoping that the D700 is like a full frame version of my dependable D70s and NOT like a full frame D70, which for some reason I found ridiculously hard to take a decent picture with, and was fortunate enough to have stolen...  

Any idea why their 80-400VR is such a consistently crappy lens? (It obviously is not liked by many, based on the ebay depreciation and surplus of good second hand examples)..