That orange colour is tremendous Geoff nice one. Bee's pretty smart too. I don't think you need a macro lens .
Thanks Phil - tricky one about the Macro lens though
The Tamron 28 - 200 gets in quite close if I use the telephoto end more
still sometimes not as close as I would like, and it is usually pretty sharp
provided I make sure it isn't wide open - F8 is pretty decent and on up to
F16.
However - the macro lenses I could afford are either 90mm or 105mm
and I am concerned I would need to be a bit closer to my subject -
which is fine with flora - but less clever with the likes of Butterflys
I have trouble like that with my 16 - 85VR - even at 85mm I am a lot too
close to the subject and tend to frighten some insects off.
So for now - the 28 - 200 is my best compromise.
Re-visited those Marigolds in an attempt to get a natural sort of
perspective on them at the same time as a degree of isolation...
This shot shows the two different shades we got.
Geoff I'm in the same situation. I use my 70-300 lens in the same way for butterflies etc It's quite good if its got good light & there is less chance of them being fightened off.
Around every picture there's a corner & round every corner there's a picture
- the fun's in finding them
Kushnirenko ~ nice close up work - did you take any from other angles>?
Thanks Geoff.
This shot I take in the evening,. Therefore it was almost impossible to change shot angle.
And lens Canon EF 70-300 f/4-5.6 IS USM not absolutely approaches for such shooting. The minimum distance of 1.5 m imposes serious restrictions on a composition
Last edited by Kushnirenko; 06-10-2010 at 01:52 PM.
Guys - I have a Sigma 70 - 300 APO - that claims to be macro -
but only at the telephoto end. In this case the lens is hard to use as
you need to be a long way from the subject - and it's all over the place
unless you use a tripod. The 28 - 200 is great as it gets it's closest throughout
the range and I find around 135 - 200 is best for close ups with it.
I am somehow concerned that the Tamron 90F2.8 macro I am considering will need to get
too close for insects - I have toyed with the idea of adding close up rings to the 28 - 200.......
Meanwhile - keep posting your great flower closeups here.
We are all learning from one another!
Geoff I managed to grab a reasonable butterfly with my 70-300 the other day. Focus was a bit hit and miss but a bit of sharpening and slight crop in picasa improved it quite a bit. I posted it in the insect thread.
Around every picture there's a corner & round every corner there's a picture
- the fun's in finding them
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