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lippy113
3rd of August 2006 (Thu), 12:00
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Hi took this about one hr ago in the garden

Canon 30D
Sigma 70-200 F2.8 APO EX HSM Lens with 1.4x APO Converter attached

Av F4.0
Tv 1/500
Iso 400
Focal Length 205mm
what do ya think ?

all feedback welcome
cfcRebel
3rd of August 2006 (Thu), 13:27
What a beautiful butterfly. I like the composition and the smooth background, but not sure about the setup. The Sigma 70-200 is a great lens, but why added the 1.4x TC? The TC will only degrades the image quality. You should have zoom all the way to 200mm instead of stacking the 1.4x TC and backed up to 205mm. Unless 205mm is a typo.
I would also try shooting at f5.6 or f8 to get more Depth of Field.

Just MHO. :)
Miniflash
3rd of August 2006 (Thu), 13:27
Oh how nice ..I love its coloring and butterflys aren't easy hahaha
lippy113
3rd of August 2006 (Thu), 15:54
hi i had the 1.4 tc on because i get buzzards flying over the house all the time the butterfly just happened to land close by !!! 205mm just happened to be the best fit !!!
cfcRebel
3rd of August 2006 (Thu), 16:06
hi i had the 1.4 tc on because i get buzzards flying over the house all the time the butterfly just happened to land close by !!! 205mm just happened to be the best fit !!!Ah, i see. That has been my dilemma too. When a dragonfly lands on a spot 1m from me while i'm shooting birds, i have to stack the extension tubes on my bigma to lower the minimum focus range, but i lost the focus to infinity. As soon as i stack the tubes on, a beautiful bird will fly by.:confused:

I guess we just have to decide what we want to photograph, one thing at a time.;)