Quote Originally Posted by Perp
I've been trying to take some real nice closeups like I see here around the forums and I just can't get the focus right. Does anyone have any tips for photographing our favourite plant, in macro, lighting, flash, etc.?

I wanna take better pics, dammit!

Let's hear your tips and tricks.
My digital camera is really good and you can choose the option to have it completly manual.

It's really good...It has a light meter..I can adjust the shutter speed and aperature...and I can adjust to bright flash, no flash, red eye reduction flash, super bright flash, or make it auto.

I can also choose close up mode....
..and I have a button on my camera that I can choose the main focal point of the photo...focus on it...and lock it on that point.

I can also choose 3 different ways the lens looks at things..

It's pretty sweet..but it has taken me nearly 3 years to figure all this shit out on my camera. It was pretty damned hard...
..but now I can take really cool pictures.

Just find out all the shit your camera can do...and learn it.