Those gardens are really nice, I can't believe how close they are to home for me, and I've never visited them before. I forsee a few more trips for me during my holidays.
Marc - it was very very patient, we probably spent 10-15 minutes working on this one alone. I'm hoping Andrew's shots came out good too.
Dave, great shot, very sharp with lovely detail.
BTW love the creamy background too.
Ta. I like these OOF bokeh backgrounds myself. You can't always do it if the background is too far away for the flash to light up, but a tip is to get a largish leaf, etc and place it behind the subject to create an artificial background. Having a 2nd person really helps with that.
Very interesting. Almost looks like the insect posed for you. 
