More long distance close ups.

[petersmart]

These pictures were taken on my Canon 1Ds MkII fitted with a Canon 70-300mm L IS USM lens and Kenko extension tubes.

This method has actually made getting close up pics of insects a lot easier (apart from the reduced DOF etc) because the lens can be used as a variable close up lens giving it much more versatilty over a fixed macro lens.

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Bee on nettle flower.
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Butterfly sipping from a flower.
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[ecniv]

very nice shots there!

 

[lostsoulal2]

Hi Peter,

Glad to see you are getting good use out of my 'old' lens - looks to be a cracking combination with the extender as the shots you have taken demonstrate.

Regards

Roy

 

[petersmart]

Hi Peter,

Glad to see you are getting good use out of my 'old' lens - looks to be a cracking combination with the extender as the shots you have taken demonstrate.

Regards

Roy

Hi Roy - I haven't really had much time to try out the lens - a combination of weather and helping some of my family to move to Ireland - but it looks good.

I thought it would be - the only problems with such a combo outdoors is the reduced DOF, wind, insects moving etc.

But the good points are that I can get pics I couldn't have got before because I'm not frightening the insects etc off and the IS makes it much easier to hold the frame so I can see when it is sharp.

I'm using manual all the time because the AF tends to hunt - not surprising really.

But this combination really is a cracker for these kind of pics.

Indoors now I'm using the extension tubes with my "nifty fifty" - another excellent combo:

Macro/5628
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