Love the recent bird pix!
I just joined a photo club at our local community center. Each month there is a theme. Recently that was macro photography.
I tried a new (to me) technique of using a camera-mounted flash and diffuser as the main light source. This permitted handheld macros with (usually ) adequate sharpness.
Here are a few examples
3U6A2303 by dfwatsoneuro, on Flickr
3U6A2289 by dfwatsoneuro, on Flickr
3U6A2246 by dfwatsoneuro, on Flickr