On Jan 19, 4:21*pm, Troy Piggins wrote:
* Annika1980 is quoted & my replies are inline below :

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/91850060/original

Ha! *That's what you do when there's no insects


Yep. Cats and coins. Here's a U.S. penny for your thoughts.

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/91859891/original

That one was taken at the full 5x magnification of the MP-E Macro
lens.
Hence, the long exposure. Also, the shot was cropped and reduced in
size 25% for posting on the web. The numbers don't even fit on my
screen at full res (they are about 914 pixels high).