Flies and bees on a warm day in February

[GardenersHelper]

It was unseasonably warm today and some flies and bees appeared. These images were captured with a Panasonic FZ330 small sensor bridge camera and Raynox 150 close-up lens with a Venus Optics KX800 twin flash. The raw files were batch processed in DXO PhotoLab, Silkypix and Lightroom, with image-specific adjustments in Lightroom.

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1445 02 P1580156_PLab SP7 LR 1300h by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#2

1445 04 P1580187_PLab SP7 LR 1300h by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#3

1445 06 P1580193_PLab SP7 LR 1300h by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#4

1445 13 P1580202_PLab SP7 LR 1300h by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#5

1445 17 P1580236_PLab SP7 LR 1300h by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#6

1445 18 P1580260_PLab SP7 LR 1300h by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

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1445 25 P1580326_PLab SP7 LR 1300h by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#8

1445 26 P1580339_PLab SP7 LR 1300h by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

 

[Phiggys]

Wow cracking set of images I’ve been contemplating the purchase of a Raynox.

 

[GardenersHelper]

Wow cracking set of images I’ve been contemplating the purchase of a Raynox.

Thanks. I get on well with the Raynoxes, especially the 150. It does depend what kit you are using them on though. With the first 55-250 I got for the 70D the Raynox 150 autofocused poorly, and the 250 not at all. When I changed to a different 55-250 autofocus worked fine with both. But not as well as on my Panasonics. And the Raynoxes have fairly small diameters so depending on what lens you are using you can get a lot of vignetting.

Which Raynox are you considering? For what kit? And what sort of subject matter/subject size/scene size? Whole subjects or close-in on eyes etc or further out "environmental" shots? It all makes a difference as to what would work best for you. And there are some large diameter close-up lenses, for example from Canon and Marumi.

 

[alfbranch]

Very nice as ever Nick

 

[lightshipman]

Nice sharp images, nicely taken. You are a dab hand with the Raynox.

 

[petersmart]

Incredible images as usual - #4 is my favourite if I had to choose but every one makes me so jealous! - KUDOS!

 

[GardenersHelper]

Nice sharp images, nicely taken. You are a dab hand with the Raynox.

Incredible images as usual - #4 is my favourite if I had to choose but every one makes me so jealous! - KUDOS!

Thanks Andrew and Peter.