Some wanderings around in the woods and meadows during the spring and autumn especially can bring about some wonderful opportunities to use the macro setting on your camera - compact digital cameras do a brilliant job with this type of photography, with the LCD screen giving a view of what you're photographing in situations where using the viewfnder would be difficult. Modern DSLRs too are catching up with Live Screens and Anti Shake (Image Stabilisation). The key to it all is .... get down low! And for the experts amongst you - I will not even attempt to identify the objects of my affection!