are going to sleep for a few months.

I wish I had the patience to make pictures with my 105 Sigma, but it's so touchy it sits in the case.

Even with image stabilization on.

being very close to your subject, which macro lenses allow you to do, has the same challenge as using a long telephoto lens - every tiny movement is magnified.

i agree that using a macro lens is difficult when hand holding and close focusing to get high magnification. i have shaky hands and all the close up frog shots i've posted were done hand holding. when shooting very close up, it's pretty much necessary to use a flash with a diffuser. you want plenty of light so that you can stop down the lens for maximum depth of field while maintaining a low ISO for high image quality. also, this will help freeze motion, including some camera shake. do you have a flash that you can connect to the camera? if so, i can show you a very inexpensive diffuser that you can buy for less than $20 on amazon and it's not unwieldy and it works very well.

i shot all of these, hand held, using a flash or strobe:

The 105 was given to me, and so there's no sunk cost involved.
Street photography and urban landscapes are my passion, so I'm going to pass the lens on to someone who can get use out of it.

and do you have any of your work uploaded anywhere?

I also use my iPhone12.

I have posted photos on DU and you can see them in my Journal.

Also on Instagram @Samgish3

It's called @MFKAixfootsteps. It's a photographic walking tour of Aix-en-Provence based on the writings of MFK Fisher, who wrote 'Two Towns In Provence', 'The Gastronomical Me', a translation of 'The Physiology of Taste', and articles for The New Yorker.

The pictures there are mostly in colour, and often made using iPhones.

Those results are mostly luck! But I did take the photo, so there's that.

Sorry to hear about your 105 Sigma.

I too was perusing through my older photos yesterday and came across many photos that I like, in addition to going down memory lane!

If you feel like it (of course) you should bring some of those out so we all can enjoy!

It's amazing to me that I could do that well, before I knew anything about how!

i just bought a mirrorless nikon.

now i need to sell the D850!

I don't know if I could even use it any more; I'm so used to my Oly! Which I just love.