New to macro...

[Fittipaldi]

Hello, I've been lurking for a while and finally picked up my first macro lens on Monday.

Here are a couple of shots from today, suggestions for improvement are most welcome!

IMG_2233 - A 6-spot Burnet moth feeding on Astilbe (lit with internal flash *shudder*)
IMG_2205 - A (female?) Hoverfly on an Iris

Cheers,
John.

[woman4life]

The hoverfly looks pretty good to me. I know they don't sit terribly still and pose, generally. LOL

[LordV]

Excellent shots -Amazing moth. #2 is a bit noisy.
Brian V.

[wayne_eddy]

both OK.

Depends what the images are for, but I might have tried a different angle to display the subject. Perhaps also a wider DOF? the rear wings appear OoF

[John Ellis]

Good Shots John........well done.

[chemicalbro]

nice shots......
I see you went for iso 400.... as brian says they are slightly noisy (not as noticable on the 1st shot tho as the background breaks it up)
I try as much as possible to always use ISO 100 for minimum noise

[Lester Wareham]

Nice shots.

I managed with the internal flash for a year - its better than nothing.

[chemicalbro]

I managed with the internal flash for a year - its better than nothing.
me too :)

[Fittipaldi]

Thanks for the comments and pointers, composition is not my strong point!

Nice shots.

I managed with the internal flash for a year - its better than nothing.
I made it a whole day before deciding I needed a better flash ;-) This afternoon I cobbled together a diffuser for my 550EX and caught this chap (about 15-20mm long) crawling on my plum tree...

Cantharis obscura.