Mike McCaffrey 
I took macro photos of a bunch of neat plant parts I found yesterday, but I can't post them all, so maybe we can try an interactive exercise?
Tell me which of these objects you'd like to see close-up, and I will post a very detailed photo of it!
SolaršGarden@mikemccaffrey I'd like to see what you found in the small blue jobby which I think might be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_persica -- this WP page has a few macros on it for x-ref
@wavesculptor It definitely is a Veronica, but this species seems like a better match:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_hederifolia
In any case, up close, I think it kinda looks like a baby bird with its open mouth pointed straight up!
@mikemccaffrey Nice depth into the partially open flower, and translucency, if a bit over on the lit side.
V persica is one I'm more familiar with from UK, and is more prostrate; V hedera should have "abundant spreading, wavy hairs 1 mm long (but forming a thick line along one side of the stem)."
@wavesculptor Yeah, the one issue I am having with my new camera (the TG-7) is that it is constant overexposing things unless I specifically turn down the exposure.
@mikemccaffrey do/did you use a diffuser?
@wavesculptor Yup the TG-7 has a ring diffuser that takes the LED light next to the flash and spreads it into a circle around the lens.
Unfortunately, it has a habit of over exposing things in regular daylight without any lighting.
@mikemccaffrey I'm sure I'm saying a grandmother-eggs thing, but it may be the camera is using a different metering algo than you're used to? Have you tried the quick shortcut a lot of cameras have, the half-press on the shutter with the part of the scene you want metered in the x-hairs, you get some sort of acknowledgement, like a frame around the metered section, then you press full shutter for image?