Butterflies, Moths and Assorted Insects...

[Bert63]

How about obnoxiously bright bees?

 

[Click]

Very nice series, Bert. I especially like the first picture.

 

[Nemorino]

How about obnoxiously bright bees?

The wings are not in good conditions anymore!

What's this straight white line right above the bee's head?

 

[Nemorino]

The bee in this pictures is even in worse condition:





Two common wasps fighting for the food for their brood.
The second won!

Eos R with a Sigma 105mm Makro and MT24 @ Iso 1600, f/10, 1/1250sec

 

[Bert63]

The wings are not in good conditions anymore!

What's this straight white line right above the bee's head?

That is a water drop from the sprinkler!

 

[ISv]

From the last weekend.
#1 - The Larger Lantana Butterfly
## 2 and 3 - The Smaller Lantana Butterfly
## 4 and 5 - The Long-tailed Blue
#6 - The Large Orange Sulphur
#7 - The Monarch Butterfly

 

[Click]

Very nice series, ISv.

 

[StoicalEtcher]

From the last weekend.
#1 - The Larger Lantana Butterfly
## 2 and 3 - The Smaller Lantana Butterfly
## 4 and 5 - The Long-tailed Blue
#6 - The Large Orange Sulphur
#7 - The Monarch Butterfly

Some lovely shots - looks like it was a worthwhile weekend then!!

 

[AlanF]

From the last weekend.
#1 - The Larger Lantana Butterfly
## 2 and 3 - The Smaller Lantana Butterfly
## 4 and 5 - The Long-tailed Blue
#6 - The Large Orange Sulphur
#7 - The Monarch Butterfly


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Did you use the 500PF for these? I find it great because it's so sharp at its mfd of 3m and that's a nice distance for getting a decent dof? Interesting that Sulphur is spelled with a "ph" and that's the usual spelling as chemists use sulfur, even in British journals.

 

[ISv]

Did you use the 500PF for these? I find it great because it's so sharp at its mfd of 3m and that's a nice distance for getting a decent dof? Interesting that Sulphur is spelled with a "ph" and that's the usual spelling as chemists use sulfur, even in British journals.

Yes it was 500PF. So far I have to learn that the mfd is 300 instead of 220 cm (like in 200-500). Got plenty of out of focus shots. At home after opening the metadata files I found a lot of shots taken at 299cm - some of them acceptable. May be I have to change the settings of the camera - it is set to shoot even if the focus is not right there (for flying objects).
So far I have better results for insects with 200-500 but it's to early to say (this was my first day dedicated to the insects with 500PF and it was very windy).
May be the reason is on me...

 

[ISv]

Here are some of my last insects photos with the 200-500 f5.6, after that I attached the 500PF and never change it. That bee looks pretty much as the one posted by Bert but they are different species.

 

[AlanF]

Yes it was 500PF. So far I have to learn that the mfd is 300 instead of 220 cm (like in 200-500). Got plenty of out of focus shots. At home after opening the metadata files I found a lot of shots taken at 299cm - some of them acceptable. May be I have to change the settings of the camera - it is set to shoot even if the focus is not right there (for flying objects).
So far I have better results for insects with 200-500 but it's to early to say (this was my first day dedicated to the insects with 500PF and it was very windy).
May be the reason is on me...

You do have to see clearly in the viewfinder that it is focus when around 3m. The 200-500 is optimised for shorter distances and I would have thought excellent for insects. Can't wait to try out the 100-500mm when the butterflies start appearing since it is much better than the 100-400mm very close up though it catches up quickly further away.

 

[Click]

Beautiful pictures. Well done, ISv.

 

[ISv]

You do have to see clearly in the viewfinder that it is focus when around 3m. The 200-500 is optimised for shorter distances and I would have thought excellent for insects. Can't wait to try out the 100-500mm when the butterflies start appearing since it is much better than the 100-400mm very close up though it catches up quickly further away.

" You do have to see clearly in the viewfinder that it is focus when around 3m " - not when so windy...
Yeah mfd 90cm (and magnification X 0.33!) sounds really impressive! For bigger insects you may need to zoom down.
Well, unfortunately you have to wait little bit - it's still January!

 

[Nemorino]

To be honest I prefer shorter focal length for macro. I just love the look!

Some BIF with the Eos R and the RF 35 @ 1/2000, f/8 Iso 500

And a bumblebee shot with the Laowa 60mm Makro and MT24 @ 1/320s f/8 Iso 3200

 

[Fredster]

Took this shot in my backyard. I have these Live Forever Flowers and swarms of Bee’s come every year and I sit Among them. I have never been stung. It is mind blowing how many Bee’s are there at one time.

 

[Fredster]

The Bee image was taken with the Canon 7 D Mark II and the Canon 100mm Macro Lens

 

[Click]

Beautiful picture. Nicely done, Fredser.

 

[Click]

To be honest I prefer shorter focal length for macro. I just love the look!

Some BIF with the Eos R and the RF 35 @ 1/2000, f/8 Iso 500

And a bumblebee shot with the Laowa 60mm Makro and MT24 @ 1/320s f/8 Iso 3200

Very nice! I especially like the first picture.

 

[ISv]

To be honest I prefer shorter focal length for macro. I just love the look!

Some BIF with the Eos R and the RF 35 @ 1/2000, f/8 Iso 500

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And a bumblebee shot with the Laowa 60mm Makro and MT24 @ 1/320s f/8 Iso 3200 View attachment 195260

Well, I also prefer a macro lens for this kind of shots. The problem is that I don't like to change lenses in the field and most importantly: my macro lens was occupied by my daughter (plus one of my back up bodies) so I practically have no macro lens.
Here you have few shots taken by my daughter (I'm posting with her permission!) - always hand-held and always in the field (windy or not...). BTW she doesn't think only the butterflies are beautiful!
Edited: I forgot to mention the lens - 105mm Sigma (macro)