½ a bee and a brown lacewing

Paul Iddon

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Saw this bee on the wrong side of the bird table resting, but it was gone in an instant! Then spotted a brown lacewing in the depths of the flowers on the spiraea shrub...

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Paul.
 
dibbly dobbler said:
How do you like the Venus Paul? Looks sharp to me?

What lighting are you using please?
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Thanks Mike, yes - I love this lens.

The flash is a Marumi Ring Flash with 2 or 3 layers of diffusing gumph on it. Sometimes its OK, sometimes it's still not as good as it could be.

Paul.
 
@dibbly dobbler

Scrap that info actually - I do use a Marumi - but at the moment I have a Yongnuo YN 14 EX attached which is an ETTL ring flash. So I have both, but the Yongnuo is miles better.

Paul.
 
dibbly dobbler said:
Ah - I used to use a Marumi! Great bit of kit for the price :)

Thanks for the explanation - the 60mm is on my shortlist for possible MPE replacements. Is the working distance decent?
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Little point in replacing the MPE-65 with the Venus. The venus is decent but the MPE is by far the better lens imo. The working distances are about the same for the Venus between 1:1 and 2:1.
 
BRASH said:
Little point in replacing the MPE-65 with the Venus. The venus is decent but the MPE is by far the better lens imo. The working distances are about the same for the Venus between 1:1 and 2:1.
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Thanks for your input - I have had a love/hate relationship with the MPE and we're having a bad patch right now. With counselling I expect we'll get through it :)
 
dibbly dobbler said:
Thanks for your input - I have had a love/hate relationship with the MPE and we're having a bad patch right now. With counselling I expect we'll get through it :)
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As I've said before, don't get rid of the MPE. By all means get the Venus and stick the MPE up in the loft but there'll come a day you'll kick yourself for not having it available.
 
@Paul Iddon I rather like the way the bee is peeking over the edge, as if he's checking out what your doing :)

Amazing detail as usual Paul
 
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