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If you haven't already identified it:A species i could not identify.
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Male and female skippers are quite easy to distinguish. The males have the longer antennae.Thankfully...the 'cigarette moment' followed by the departure of the female or the male (?)...these images are more 'in focus' :
Knowing the 5D3 and its AF, I'd say: Quite difficult.Back to photography: all help and advice appreciated with the OOF images...
Male and female skippers are quite easy to distinguish. The males have the longer antennae.
Simple to remember: the antennae helps to "smell" the female pheromones. So the males need the longer ones
By the way: yours maybe could be a large skipper. (ochlodes sylvanus). Take a closer look at the pattern on the wings.
Knowing the 5D3 and its AF, I'd say: Quite difficult.
I'm sure you were working with servo AF. Maybe select 9 spot or 5 spot center AF points.
Keep the MFD (98 cm) of the 100-400 II in mind, and leave some space for the AF if they move towards you.
Insects are so small and sometimes so fast that the AF simply fails.
Hope my advice helps a little bit.
Same here. Better focus, more detail.Very nice pictures, Maximilian. I especially like the first one.
When I put the small 'spot AF' box on a grasshopper eye, the R5 really likes to ignore the eye and only focus on the cheek around it. Even when the eye covers >90% of the box. I shouldn't complain too loudly about that, the eye almost always was waaaaaaay outside the AF coverage on my 7D, so having AF at all is a winSame here. Better focus, more detail.
I just like the second one for the camouflage effect.
Use the animal eye tracking mode!When I put the small 'spot AF' box on a grasshopper eye, the R5 really likes to ignore the eye and only focus on the cheek around it.
Thanks for that R5 info. Sometimes - when the subject isn't moving - an old "manual" AF system spot selection of my 5D4 still works. Luck meWhen I put the small 'spot AF' box on a grasshopper eye, the R5 really likes to ignore the eye and only focus on the cheek around it. Even when the eye covers >90% of the box. I shouldn't complain too loudly about that, the eye almost always was waaaaaaay outside the AF coverage on my 7D, so having AF at all is a win
You managed to get the interesting bits on focus, my 3/4 profile shot had all the interesting bits out of focus
koenkooi, please let me know if that works. I'm still collecting data of R5% AF experience.Use the animal eye tracking mode!
The R5 was in animal eye mode the whole time, it didn't trigger on the eye in this situation. It has triggered on grasshopper eyes in the past, so I know it's possible. Here's a screenshot of Lightroom to show the situation:Thanks for that R5 info. Sometimes - when the subject isn't moving - an old "manual" AF system spot selection of my 5D4 still works. Luck me
koenkooi, please let me know if that works. I'm still collecting data of R5% AF experience.
Thanks for that detail! I suppose that those grasshopper compound eyes are still a bit too difficult and a task for the FW updates after letting AI find a pattern.The R5 was in animal eye mode the whole time, it didn't trigger on the eye in this situation. It has triggered on grasshopper eyes in the past, so I know it's possible. Here's a screenshot of Lightroom to show the situation:
The dusky large blue (phengaris nausithous) is one of the relatives of the short-tailed blue (cupido argiades) and still threatened.This could be a dusky large blue (phengaris nausithous)
That last one! Terrific!The dusky large blue (phengaris nausithous) is one of the relatives of the short-tailed blue (cupido argiades) and still threatened.
After finding males in the the post above I could find females, too. Seems our local population has a chance to grow.
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