Hi Rob,
Keep going, you're doing an excellent job!
Also, just a tip - for close up photos your camera should have a macro setting (sometimes its a small little flower symbol on your camera!)
Thanks for the tip and encouragement MartyJ! I just noticed that i started this thread in dec last year... how depressing 
No way, not depressing at all. Full points for sticking at it and once you've got these last few bugs ironed out you will be well on your way to being an expert with EM's.
