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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fortkentdad" data-source="post: 553275" data-attributes="member: 24285">Talk about a miss-match.  I thought we were going into a butterfly display, and I thought the butterflies may be fluttering up in the trees and a fair distance away.  Even though the promotion read: "This exhibit will be packed with extravagant hydrangeas, baby’s breath and cineraria as well as large topiaries of butterflies and other pollinators."  they were using butterflies as a metaphor - there were only paper butterfly decorations.  So here I was with a 200-500 superzoom taking pictures of flowers in Edmonton's Muttart Conservatory glass pyramids.  And it worked!!  Focus distance is about 10 feet (it says 7.2 but I don't think I could get that close - does it matter which camera you are using or do the settings change the min. focus distance?) But certainly I had to back up a lot.  [ATTACH]209567[/ATTACH]paper butterflies. ... oh well at least they don't move. Love the faded bokeh on this one [ATTACH]209568[/ATTACH][ATTACH]209569[/ATTACH]This one of the cactus buds was shot a lot more than 10 feet away - this cactus was on top of a display and easily 10 feet tall itself.  Probably 20-25 feet away.  This shot rivals my macro's.   [ATTACH]209570[/ATTACH] I'd have to admit that a 105 2.8 macro would have been a better choice for a floral shoot (and probably a butterfly shoot too) but this is the lens I had and I made the most of it.  </blockquote>