Post your Insect shots

Bill16 · May 27, 2015

J-see said:
I fear the 300mm replaced my macro as favorite lens.

Really!?? Oooooh I wish I had that Nikkor 200mm micro lens of yours! Lol Great shots my friend! I can't argue with the results your getting!

J-see · May 27, 2015

Bill16 said:
Really!?? Oooooh I wish I had that Nikkor 200mm micro lens of yours! Lol Great shots my friend! I can't argue with the results your getting!

For these kind of shots a macro is of little use. Those dragonflies have pretty good vision and don't let me get close enough. I tried the 70-200mm but she's too short. The 300mm has a narrow FoV but does the best job for Bugs in Flight. The 150-600mm is too demanding and slow.

J-see · May 27, 2015

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J-see · Jun 1, 2015

In the end you can shoot bugs with any lens.

WeeHector · Jun 2, 2015

A few more Scorpion Fly shots

captain birdseye · Jun 2, 2015

i agree. my 300f4 and tc14ii has been my main lens for bugs for 2 years now. i still use my sigma 150 or nikon 105 now and then though.

Ironwood · Jun 2, 2015

WeeHector said:
A few more Scorpion Fly shots

Nice shots Hector.

WeeHector · Jun 2, 2015

This guy should have been named Badass maximus. 3 cm long and nasty as hell. I"d just fished him out of the canal (okay, I was to blame for him falling in in the first place, but he was too magnificent to leave to the fish) and I managed to get close (2 inches) while he dried out. By the time I took this shot he was getting noticeably pissed off by my presence.