Insects with non macro lenses
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sonicbuffalo_RIP
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Nice pictures Aroy!
Here's a few I managed to get today. I was mostly using my 55-200 and then cropped the images to get something like a macro feel.
Hover fly having a drink
Fly looking like he's ready to pounce.
Another fly on a leaf.
I think this was a male hover fly trying to entice the female on the flower. It was hovering perfectly still above it for quite a while. Not long enough for me to get a shot in focus though unfortunately.
Hover fly having a drink
Fly looking like he's ready to pounce.
Another fly on a leaf.
I think this was a male hover fly trying to entice the female on the flower. It was hovering perfectly still above it for quite a while. Not long enough for me to get a shot in focus though unfortunately.
I've been impressed with it, especially how close it will focus. Mine isn't the latest VRII version which I imagine is marginally better. It will certainly do until I've saved up for a macro lens, which will problem come after I've bought a 70-300 and a 50 1.8, which I've just noticed would give me a very similar set up to you Aroy!
As soon as I saw this image that song "Hang on Sloopy" by The McCoys was playing in my head!
I guess this qualifies. I shot this image with a 50mm f/1.4 AI Nikkor reversed. I used my BR-6 and attached a ring flash to the front of it. This hornet barely moved, in fact I had to prod it to move to the top of the nest so I could photograph it. The next day, my wife saw this nest above our front door and took it down with a broom. They never rebuilt it and have not returned this year.
You must be a young'n. Many people covered that song but the most successful one was the McCoys in 1965 when I was 8. I used to listen to that song all the time on my AM transistor radio!
