Insects New to Macro

[Doug B]

Just purchased an "as new" Canon EF 100mm Macro L series lens to go on my R5. Only ever taken bird pics before.
Went into the garden and took a few shots and soon learnt that having the camera set to single shot does not yield many sharp images due to the very narrow DoF at such close proximity to the subject. High speed continuous raised my keeper rate a treat. Any constructive critique is most welcome. The close up of the spider was to see how far you can crop in. It was found in the kitchen, but a small LED torch dropped the ISO from 12,800 to 100 and gave a satisfactory shutter speed at f4.
I might be hooked on the hidden world of insects and spiders....

 

[Barry]

The bee images are very nice. The lens is even better! You need to watch out for the depth of field with macro lenses as it can be within millimetres. Good light and a steady hand are essential as blurring happens otherwise. It takes practice but you are on to it already. Try close ups of flower centres , raindrops on glass, tree bark, any small metallic object (screw threads are a good challenge), . Let your imagination run as you wont be wasting film. The delete button is your friend. Just persist and you will be surprised and pleased with what you can achieve.

 

[Kerro]

Bees are even more of a challenge in flight. I have a really cool BIF (Bee in flight) shot but it wasnt taken with an R series camera so I cant post it.

 

[Barry]

I got this one taken with an R7 without a macro lens. I used an EF100-200mm f2.8 L series zoom as I didnt have a macro lens handy. Still a pleasing result IMHO.

 

[Doug B]

The bee images are very nice. The lens is even better! You need to watch out for the depth of field with macro lenses as it can be within millimetres. Good light and a steady hand are essential as blurring happens otherwise. It takes practice but you are on to it already. Try close ups of flower centres , raindrops on glass, tree bark, any small metallic object (screw threads are a good challenge), . Let your imagination run as you wont be wasting film. The delete button is your friend. Just persist and you will be surprised and pleased with what you can achieve.

Thanks for the suggestions Barry.