Wonderful photo, love dragonflies. Last year during the 'rona shutdowns I went to a local wildlife sanctuary to walk some trails, and on a certain trail there were literally thousands of them of every description buzzing around in a shaded section for about a 1/4 mile, it was incredible.
Nikon D500, multiple lenses accumulated over time. Pretty sure the bee shot was a Tamron 70-200 mm f2.8 G2. Missed the focus a bit, but that was my bad. Great lens for the money. Hats were taken with the Nikon 16-80 f2.8/4. I’ll get you more detail, with some explanation, in a PM.Briefly, what camera and lenses are you using? And bear in mind that although I have a run-of-the-mill Canon Rebel, I can barely use it, so use small words
Sweet macro! I love the pollen clinging to the bee!
Blue Ridge Pkwy?
There goes the neighborhood... ; )
Haha. i went the opposite. I'm a prime shooter. Got tired of lugging around a 500f4, went the M43 route. 200mm f2.8 with 1.4x tele. I think the " Big Lens " comments were getting to me more than the weight.True that. It’s a wonderful camera. I do a lot of hiking, so I wanted the smaller APSC platform and the crop system reach on the telephoto. The D500’s also tough enough to take the occasional hit. My last DSLR. Next will be mirrorless, full frame. Gonna be a weird transition, but it’s the future that is.
Us old guys just gotta suck it up.
Nice. Your lenses are worth more than my car. ; ) ...And incredible tools. Envy is mine. Quite the transition from system to system too. Bet that took awhile to master!
I’m pretty slow on the learning curve as is. I do little more with my current camera then what I did with my old Nikon FM, except for manipulating the focus point and adjusting EV. Plus I chimp all the time and often retake the shot. Pitiful, I know. Thom Hogan wouldn’t give me the time of day.
