blue23rose said:Asa, I agree. I know that I will probably have to use a tripod to get a really good super-macro. I just can't seem to hold the camera steady enough. But the camera itself is capable of doing everything I need and want it to do, I just need to figure out hot to get it to do it! I really like the intense color on those photos. Which camera do you think took the best picture as far as matching color?
Skylark, I think sometimes just being on this site gets us interested in something. At least that is the way it is with me. Just reading about something will get me interested in learning more about a plant or as in this case, a camera. If you do buy a new camera, be sure to let us know 
Vickie, I think the K-3 did the best job on the color, but given the differences in the sensor, the K-x may have been just as true in the light. The K110D has always favored reds and dropped blues (and I'm certain that if I mucked with it some, I could fix it in-camera).
Those three photos were the beneficiaries of an after-market flash technique that I came up with that sure helps with the holding still problem - in that they were all shot at 1/125 shutter speed. Even this over-caffinated, over-nicotine-ed guy can get a clear shot now and then at 1/125 (or, better, 1/160 on the K-3).
That's a post I owe the boards...using the flash for close-ups. I'll try to get that done sometime in the next few days. Using it, I've gotten some shots that I just would not have been able to light properly otherwise. And it really can take the tripod out of the equation on the shots/techniques that were the genesis of this thread.
Edit and Full Disclosure: I'm somewhat red/green colorblind so I may not have any idea about how the colors truly appear. But even I can see the red emphasis and the blue dump as huge factors when compared.
