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Postby DanielA on Wed Feb 01, 2006 6:38 pm

Had some time to kill today so strapped the Canon 500D to the Nikkor 80-400VR and chased bees.

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It was hard work, but I think they came out much better than the ants I did before.

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Postby Slider on Wed Feb 01, 2006 8:52 pm

Top stuff Daniel. The first one is very sharp with excellent DOF. Well done :D
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Postby DanielA on Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:59 pm

Slider wrote:Top stuff Daniel. The first one is very sharp with excellent DOF. Well done :D

Thanks Slider.
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Postby Mal on Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:15 pm

Very nice work. I love the first and last, very clean and crisp.
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Postby sirhc55 on Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:53 pm

Very nice Daniel and enhanced by the blue flowers :)
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Postby DanielA on Thu Feb 02, 2006 11:18 am

Mal wrote:Very nice work. I love the first and last, very clean and crisp.

Thanks, I'm surprised how well they came up.

sirhc55 wrote:Very nice Daniel and enhanced by the blue flowers :)

Thanks.

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Postby SteveGriffin on Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:46 pm

Nice work. Are you using a diopter / close-up lens on the 80-400 or does it focus that close on its own????
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Postby DanielA on Thu Feb 02, 2006 6:41 pm

Hi SteveGriffin,

SteveGriffin wrote:Nice work. Are you using a diopter / close-up lens on the 80-400 or does it focus that close on its own????

I am using a Canon 500D close-up "filter". The Nikkor 80-400VR can only focus to as close as around 2m. I just wish I had more depth of field. :(

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Postby mudder on Thu Feb 02, 2006 8:44 pm

G'day Daniel,
That 500D's a terrific close-up filter eh? That first one really jumps out at you with such great, vivid color, and the bee looks sharp as a tack too!

The last time I did that, I was just hoping no-one could see me chasing those buggers round the backyard :lol:
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Postby DanielA on Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:50 pm

G'day Mudder,

mudder wrote:That 500D's a terrific close-up filter eh?

Looks to be. :)
I was a bit disappointed the first time I used it. I was trying to shoot ants, which were too small and I had all sorts of problems trying to get them in focus. This time it seemed just so much easier. The bees are bigger and easier to focus on.

mudder wrote:That first one really jumps out at you with such great, vivid color, and the bee looks sharp as a tack too!

Thanks. It's my fav. :agree:

mudder wrote:The last time I did that, I was just hoping no-one could see me chasing those buggers round the backyard :lol:

:lol: Luckly I was alone. I'm sure I looked a fool. :roll:

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