Macro (close focus) photography is something I've dabbled with a little, but I've only really started experimenting with the technique this year. I'm fascinated by flowers and insects, so I feel I should apologise in advance for the commonality of subject mater.

Red Hot Pokers in a garden, Hints Flower Festival, Hints, Staffordshire June 2002	Industrial control equipment fitted to rolling machine, August 2001	Bee on thistle, near the Angel Of The North, Gateshead July 2002	Flower gone to seed, Farewell Church, Staffordshire July 2002
Bee on flowers, Hints Flower Festival, Hints, Staffordshire June 2002	Wild poppy, Bourne Vale, Aldridge July 2001	Bluebells, The Rookery, Hints, Staffordshire May 2002	Marigold, Farewell Church, Staffordshire July 2002
Rosebuds, Shenstone, Staffordshire July 2002	Bee on cornflower, Hints Flower Festival, Hints, Staffordshire June 2002	Roses in residents' garden, Hints Flower Festival, Hints, Staffordshire June 2002	Cowslip, Hints churchyard, Hints, Staffordshire May 2002
Decaying Marigold, Farewell Church, Staffordshire July 2002	Daffodils, Hoar Cross, Staffordshire April 2001	Carnal Moth, near the Angel Of The North, Gateshead July 2002	Bee pollinating oilseed rape, Bourne Vale, Aldridge July 2001
Rose, Pub Beer garden, Hopwas, Staffordshire, August 2002	Bee hard at work in the flowers by  Hints  ford, Hints, Staffordshire August 2001	Ladybird on thistle, near the Angel Of The North, Gateshead July 2002	Marigold, Farewell Church, Staffordshire July 2002
Part of clamping mechanism fitted to rolling machine, August 2001	Bee pollinating oilseed rape, Bourne Vale, Aldridge July 2001	Moth on flower by Hints ford, Hints, Staffordshire August 2001	Modification to PMR radio, June 2002
	Marigold, Farewell Church, Staffordshire July 2002	Rosebay willowherb, Hints ford, Hints, Staffordshire August 2001