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<blockquote data-quote="Elliot87" data-source="post: 553829" data-attributes="member: 25183">I agree with J-see and how much cropping is too much is somewhat subjective but the less you need to crop the better.I think this shot is cool btw and I'm not sure what it would have looked like taken with a 70-300, you might still have needed to crop just as much. Focal length is only part of the equation, how close your lens will focus also makes a big difference. The 18-55 kit lens has fairly close focusing so you can get near to the bee, focus on it and get it reasonably large in the frame. The 70-300 won't focus as close, so although you can zoom in more you will have to be further away to gain focus so the bee might not be much larger in the frame.EDIT: If you've gone for one of the &quot;macro&quot; 70-300's then that may well focus relatively closely and fill the frame more with close up subjects so less cropping required most likely.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Elliot87, post: 553829, member: 25183"] I agree with J-see and how much cropping is too much is somewhat subjective but the less you need to crop the better. I think this shot is cool btw and I'm not sure what it would have looked like taken with a 70-300, you might still have needed to crop just as much. Focal length is only part of the equation, how close your lens will focus also makes a big difference. The 18-55 kit lens has fairly close focusing so you can get near to the bee, focus on it and get it reasonably large in the frame. The 70-300 won't focus as close, so although you can zoom in more you will have to be further away to gain focus so the bee might not be much larger in the frame. EDIT: If you've gone for one of the "macro" 70-300's then that may well focus relatively closely and fill the frame more with close up subjects so less cropping required most likely. [/QUOTE]

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