I shot these photos this weekend. If you look at the second photo you'll notice a fly in the damselfly's mouth.
Canon T2i + Tamron 90 mm.
Canon T2i + Tamron 90 mm.
Couple of nice damselfly's
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Awesome shots! Good focus, I like the blue on the top fly but I prefer the bottom shot because more of the fly has the leaf as the BG, making it easier to focus on the subject.
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Great shots! Love the eletric blue of the top one...
I have yet to get good shots of damselflies, but here's one I like of their dragonfly relatives.
"Look Out Below!"
EOS 7D, EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM @ 400mm, 1/640 s, f/5.6, ISO 100
I have yet to get good shots of damselflies, but here's one I like of their dragonfly relatives.
"Look Out Below!"
EOS 7D, EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM @ 400mm, 1/640 s, f/5.6, ISO 100
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neuroanatomist said:Great shots! Love the eletric blue of the top one...
I have yet to get good shots of damselflies, but here's one I like of their dragonfly relatives.
"Look Out Below!"
EOS 7D, EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM @ 400mm, 1/640 s, f/5.6, ISO 100
Shutter speed is perfect. You see movement in the wings.
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Superb color & sharpness. I do not own a macro lens... yet, but am thinking of getting one soon, instead I just use my standard zoom
http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=7248.0
http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=7248.0
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DB said:
Well...the 24-70mm has among the highest native maximum magnifications of any non-macro lens...
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That's a real cool shot neuroanatomist. I need some experience with motion shots....you've inspired me.
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neuroanatomist said:Well...the 24-70mm has among the highest native maximum magnifications of any non-macro lens...
... even slightly better than the 300mm f/4L IS...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43086792@N03/4805898391/#in/set-72157624532018776
(Shot using the 1.4x TC)
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HeavenHell said:That's a real cool shot neuroanatomist. I need some experience with motion shots....you've inspired me.
Thanks!
The cool thing about dragonflies is that they are wait-and-pounce hunters, so they will find a perch and sit for a while, then fly, then return to that same perch. So, you set up your tripod, focus, and wait...then SHOOT.
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Great shots guys, neuroanatomist you have captured a great moment there!
Here is one of mine, shot on my 50d with the Canon 60mm Macro and a home made flash diffuser. You have to get really close with a 60mm lens, ninja creeping skills are needed!
2012-05-30 by jimmyb156, on Flickr
Here is one of mine, shot on my 50d with the Canon 60mm Macro and a home made flash diffuser. You have to get really close with a 60mm lens, ninja creeping skills are needed!
2012-05-30 by jimmyb156, on Flickr
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Wow! Great shot...from only 1-foot away too, amazing it didn't fly away. It seems those macro lenses really do the job.
@ jimmy156 what made you opt for the EF-S 60mm f/2.8 over the 50mm f/2.5? was just the extra reach?
@ jimmy156 what made you opt for the EF-S 60mm f/2.8 over the 50mm f/2.5? was just the extra reach?
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DJL329 said:
Ummm...actually, no. Not only no, but NO.
I suspect you are suffering from a (rather common) misconception, that EF-S lenses have a focal length that is somehow 'adjusted' for an APS-C sensor. That is not the case. Focal length, by definition, is the physical distance from the rear nodal point of a lens to the image plane. In other words, a lens marked 50mm has a focal length of 50mm, and a lens marked 60mm has a focal length of 60mm (ignoring focus breathing) - regardless of the size of the sensor behind that lens, or even whether there is a camera there at all. Focal length is focal length - it's an intrinsic property of a lens. Canon made a 60mm lens with a focal length of 60mm, they didn't make a lens with a focal length of 37.5mm then lie and print 60mm on the barrel.
So...the EF-S 60mm will have more 'reach' than the EF 50mm (10mm more reach, to be exact) regardless of the camera on which it's mounted. The EF 50mm delivers a FF-equivalent AoV of 80mm on 1.6x, and the EF-S 60mm gives a FF-equivalent AoV of 96mm on 1.6x. It's just that EF-S lenses can only mount on APS-C bodies, whereas EF lenses can mount on any body.
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Neuro, it is just that the EF-S 60mm has a quoted max. magnification of 1.0x whereas the cheaper EF 50mm f/2.5 has a figure of 0.5x (so I guess we should just use the reciprocal values i.e. 50mm macro has a max reproduction ratio of 1:2 whilst the EF-S 60 enjoys 1:1)
Looking at the prices, obviously the EF-S 60mm has USM with FTM override, but the cheaper 50 f/2.5 doesn't. So fast AF is probably why jimmy156 prefers that particular lens on his crop body (very similar to 100mm macro on FF), plus the 60mm has the edge on the min focus distance too - by a whisker
Looking at the prices, obviously the EF-S 60mm has USM with FTM override, but the cheaper 50 f/2.5 doesn't. So fast AF is probably why jimmy156 prefers that particular lens on his crop body (very similar to 100mm macro on FF), plus the 60mm has the edge on the min focus distance too - by a whisker
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DB said:
True...but that has nothing to do with the focal length, per se, which was what DJL329 was talking about. I agree that the EF-S 60mm is a much better lens for APS-C users than the EF 50mm f/2.5 Compact Macro, for many reasons.
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neuroanatomist said:
I knew that, so I don't know what I was thinking. That's what I get for posting when not properly caffeinated...
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DB said:
Thanks! It did fly away, many times ;D , persistance paid off though!
The main thing that made me opt for the 60mm was that it was bought for me as a surprise birthday present by my other half! It is however superior to the 50mm 2.5 macro in many way, 1:1 focuing, construction, AF to name a few!.
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Went looking through some shots from 2 years ago and came across this pair that I "caught in the act" (nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more...)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43086792@N03/7370774322/#in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43086792@N03/7370774322/#in/photostream
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