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.

  • @[email protected]
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    12 days 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.

    • KevinFRKOP
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      22 days 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 :)

  • alleycat
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    132 days 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!

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    32 days 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

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      22 days 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).

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        11 day 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.