Combine Old Wth The New To Capture The Very Small

This fellow is only one inch in wing span (approx). I used my Nikon D40X with a manual Nikkor Micro 55mm lens to capture him. Set camera on manual and adjusted aperture and speed until I got the result you see. He was on a glass pane in our front door with the late afternoon sun back lighting him. The glass was dirty and I wasn't trying for anything great but I wanted to see how well the old and new worked together. The focus was the hard part. I slowed the speed down so to use a high aperture but I still had difficulty keeping him in focus. Below is a photo of the creature resting on the pane of glass.

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