focus help

[atmianzo]

ok so i have just recently gotten Kenko Extension tubes to go with my 100mm canon macro. Ive multiple times seen bees and wanted to take picutures of them but when i get in close enough, it moves and i cant get a focused picture. any tips????

[LordV]

Macro gets harder as you up the magnification. I suggest you try fixing the focus (ie the magnification you want) and focus by moving the camera towards the subject and then move slowly back and forth to get fine focus. Bees are actually one of the hardest subjects to shoot- constantly moving. I suggest you find some more static subjects to practice on first. Get used to shooting at high mag and then go back to the bees
Brian V.