milod Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Simon.... Excellent material... Ditto those hot cars. I'm off work a while, and I can tell you I most missed this summer's rodeo season. This one is from a cupla years ago before I started staying off the arena floor 'cuz I wasn't so sure I could get free without putting others at risk. Some others have won some stuff, but this got my blood flowing as I tripped the shutter. This was just with an already worn out Nikon D70 and I think an even more worn out Tamron zoom. The Miles City to Deadwood stage.... the same Nikon and a kit lens is all.. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingarmadillo Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Some times it's interesting to let them pop in and out of focus: Simon - this was taken with the 60mm EF-S macro lens on a 7D. The distance is probably a little close to be messing with bees so if you get a dedicated macro and want to stay with Canon I'd suggest one of the 100mm EF macro lenses. Plus a 100 EF will work on both of your cameras. Back when I was shooting film I had the 100mm FD macro and like the working distance better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight959 Posted July 31, 2015 Author Share Posted July 31, 2015 Some times it's interesting to let them pop in and out of focus: Simon - this was taken with the 60mm EF-S macro lens on a 7D. The distance is probably a little close to be messing with bees so if you get a dedicated macro and want to stay with Canon I'd suggest one of the 100mm EF macro lenses. Plus a 100 EF will work on both of your cameras. Back when I was shooting film I had the 100mm FD macro and like the working distance better. Flyingarmadillo... Your image works great! Working distance hasn't been an issue yet. My 24-105 with three extension tubes 13.21,31 brings me almost on top of the action. I have seen some stunning results with the 100mm Macro 2.8 lens and I guess if I bought that I would have both a great Macro and 100mm Prime. My eye however is firmly on the prize, the Canon MP-E 65mm dedicated macro lens. The results with that are truly in another world... Some shots with that on full magnification 5:1 the DOF is less than 1mm.... (oh I do like a challenge).. Loving this close up stuff! Thanks everyone! Regards Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight959 Posted July 31, 2015 Author Share Posted July 31, 2015 Simon.... Excellent material... Ditto those hot cars. I'm off work a while, and I can tell you I most missed this summer's rodeo season. This one is from a cupla years ago before I started staying off the arena floor 'cuz I wasn't so sure I could get free without putting others at risk. Some others have won some stuff, but this got my blood flowing as I tripped the shutter. This was just with an already worn out Nikon D70 and I think an even more worn out Tamron zoom. The Miles City to Deadwood stage.... the same Nikon and a kit lens is all.. m Milod, I am pleased your on the mend!. You keep taking it easy! We don't have exciting rodeo stuff around these parts. Rodeo looks great fun! Would love to capture that! There is so much stuff I would love to photograph across the pond. I have been there so many times and I don't seem to have time to scratch my a$$... Regards Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingarmadillo Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Flyingarmadillo... Your image works great! Working distance hasn't been an issue yet. My 24-105 with three extension tubes 13.21,31 brings me almost on top of the action. I have seen some stunning results with the 100mm Macro 2.8 lens and I guess if I bought that I would have both a great Macro and 100mm Prime. My eye however is firmly on the prize, the Canon MP-E 65mm dedicated macro lens. The results with that are truly in another world... Some shots with that on full magnification 5:1 the DOF is less than 1mm.... (oh I do like a challenge).. Loving this close up stuff! Thanks everyone! Regards Simon It's a great lens, but I don't think I can justify it for the things that I shoot. Plus, I'm getting old enough that I'd opt for the Image Stabilzed 100mm IS L series - I need all the help I can get keeping things steady. And a lot of it is just knowing how to use what you have. I took this a Canon Elph SD1400: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Green Bottle Fly by Simon Clarkson, on Flickr The colors on that fly are awesome. And the detail. The diffuse green background is great too. I'd crop it a bit more, give the central character a bit more of the frame, but not right in the middle, off to the right slightly....Re-framing can really change the composition of a photo, and it's easy. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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