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The Best Camera+Lens is the one in your hand (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by KevinFRK@lemmy.world to c/photography@lemmy.world
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Now this ought to have been taken with my 100mm Macro Lens, but all I had was Canon R5 Mk II + RF200mm-800mm lens, with a minimum focal distance of 0.8m at 200mm.

But I get the terrible feeling it was better done with the telephoto lens !?!

Anyway, what might be a female "Beautiful Demoiselle" (but could be some other sort of Damselfly), nowhere near water.

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[-] alleycat@feddit.org 17 points 1 year ago

The Best Camera+Lens is the one in your hand

Canon R5 Mk II + RF200mm-800mm lens

As long as it's a $6000 Setup ;)

Cool photo, though!

[-] KevinFRK@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Well, yes, I suppose there's that...

[-] CameronDev@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

The upside of the telephoto lens is that your less likely to get too close and either scare it off, or for very wide lens, squish it

[-] KevinFRK@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, depth of focus is greater, removing one issue of macro photography (at least, unless you've the hang of focus stacking and the post-processing required).

[-] CameronDev@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

I meant physically squish it, I tried to take a photo of a praying mantis with a 22mm lens, was so fixated on getting close enough I nearly crushed the poor thing. Fortunately the lens hood hit the wall first.

[-] KevinFRK@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Mmm, lens hoods are vital lens protectors - I'm not sure mine have ever usefully stopped glare, but protecting from knocks - invaluable!

[-] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

What’s with the hair (hair?) being blurry/out of focus on the insect’s head? Looks like the fibers on all the legs are sharp. I can’t really make sense of what is happening there.

[-] KevinFRK@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

For all depth of focus is more with a telephoto lens, I'd guess that's still the cause of the issue. I'm just delighted the bulk worked so crisply, I'll forgive the camera/physics a few hairs :)

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