eww ill take the berries thanks!, nice photographs, im quite fond of photographs containing fruiting bodies in natural habbitat.

m not a big fan of darker bgs from flash, though thats just my personal pref, though there are times where it definetly shines, no dout.

thanks.

the photos look great imo, esp the flower, great idea to defuse the flash heads, raw flash can be alittle harsh and reflective, i like to use a diffuser too. you may want to experiment with differences exposure compensation and FEB, (flash exposure compensation) if you havent allready, for a feel of...

thats an interesting looking specimen, and jaw dropping photographs of it!

so much detail!, i like the last darkfeild photograph, the specimen looks like a dragon or naga like serpent! capturing my imagination, facinating!

Nice Amanita muscaria photograph, the rainwater looks great with it!

geting down and dirty for the shot is allways the best, good on you!

this has quite alot of information, it isnt easy to use though.

http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/index.htm

I wouldnt say that AV mode is causing your troubles, though it is hard to even depict what troubles you are having?

I shoot with flash in AV mode alot.

very cool.

I used to not really like to use flash eather, but i found it an amazing solution for the problems encountered in mid day harsh light - at these times i use it for a fill-in flash to remove all the harsh shadows, and it gives me a great photo. From there on i really learnt to use my flash, in such s...

yes you can shoot without a tripod 100mm with extentions, with steady arms at the higher magnification, if you keep your shutter speed high, usally one will use a flash to assist in maintaining the shutter speed. strong daylight can allso be used to assist in higher shutter speeds plus a fill-in fla...

that looks awsome!

cool, i was thinking maybe it was a feather of some sort, it reminded me of the sulphur creasted cockatoo feathers i collected about two or three months ago.

looks like your having fun, i aboslutely love it when it comes in fungus season!, i get so enthusiastic!

nice photograph Charles, the warm earth colors are lovely.

awsome, i really like your first photograph, the mist in the back adds a great mood to your photograph.

Hmm thats odd, I dont recall any Myena having characteristics like the fungus in your photograph. (confused) I agree that the easyest way to identify fungus is with viewing the spores under a microscope. And yes, I totaly agree it can be very tough identifying fungus, theres just so many, espeically...