Today I thought I would go practice with RAW instead of JPEG, thanks to the good advice from Troy.
I also used the Canon Digital Professional Software for the initial processing (very subtle) and conversion to JPEG. I then put it through Photoshop as usual just to crop a little and whack my name on them.
Stinky - 55mm 1/125sec F5.6 ISO 800 no flash.
The Fly - 51mm 1/80sec F5.6 ISO 800 no flash.
Troy, I also took the filters off and used only the 4x on its own. I have a 1x, 2x, and 4x. Previously I have been using combinations but your advice about image degradation through multiple layers of glass at the expense of magnification is good.
Definitely a lot smoother.
Baz.
I am keeping a log of my progressive improvements on Photobucket.
http://s136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ry%20Armstead/