[Bluegem74]

Thankyou all for your help.

I took your advice and used the normal lens and I'm getting there. I am still uncertain as to which mode to use (I swap and change between macro and av and a-dep), I still don't understand settings etc I'm just a basic user atm (just winging it), I'll get there one day when I have the time to read and understand shutter settings etc. I'm having fun and that's the main thing, Take loads of pics and surely one will be somewhat ok lol.

These are a few of the ones I'm happy with. Hopefully I've resized and done everything ok according to forum rules, apologies if not.

I like them all but the 1st pic I'm so happy with. I held the camera above my head as the rose was up high. Was happy with the outcome. Taken in program AE shooting mode.
The 2nd pic was taken in Program AE mode.
The 3rd pic was Program AE mode too.
And I was quite pleased with the 4th too, just a shame the close lavenders were a little blurred but I was focusing on the bee. Was taken in Macro shooting mode.

Thanks again for your help. Sorry it's been ages for my reply, hopefully those that helped and gave me advice will be able to see the outcome.

Thanks again.
Gayle.

P.S These photos apart from being resized smaller have had no post processing (I think that's what its called) as I wouldn't know what to do. They're as they were, taken straight from the camera.