The Best Camera+Lens is the one in your hand
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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As long as it's a $6000 Setup ;)
Cool photo, though!
Well, yes, I suppose there's that...
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
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).
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.
Mmm, lens hoods are vital lens protectors - I'm not sure mine have ever usefully stopped glare, but protecting from knocks - invaluable!
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.
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 :)