Greedy Bee :)

[Ferdinand]

Shot today at the San Francisco Golden Gate Park with the180mm f/3.5L.

http://mcauslan.force137.com/misc/CRW_0794R4a.jpg

[dkord]

Nice capture! Must be nice to be able to stand back and still get close!
Did you hand hold it? I end up doing a lot of hand held shots, I always wondered if a macro IS would be useful?

[Ferdinand]

dkord, thanks, I used a tripod and it took a long while to get a bee who would stay still long enuff, this was shot at 1/13s ISO 200 :) So you can imagine how still the bee was hehehe

You know, I never thought about IS on 180mm 3.5L, would be nice, but I don't think it would be as useful with the current IS technology. I think the movement when hand held at 180mm on a macro is very different in magnitude compare to when its on a 180mm regular telephoto lens. Just my opinion thou.

Regards,
Ferdinand

[sparker1]

Lovely photo. I like the color, as well as the sharp detail.

[RbrtPtikLeoSeny]

Jeeeeeezzzz, sweet photo, and sweet lens! I'd kill to get my hands on one of those beauties. Does it do well with regular shots of like, animals and stuff too?

[Ferdinand]

Lovely photo. I like the color, as well as the sharp detail.

Thanks Sparker1 :)

RbrtPtikLeoSeny yup it double as a very nice prime, used it on landscape (thou I haven't got a CPL for it, I should), people, animals... etc. Sharper than my 16-35. 24-70. 70-200 IS. I swear by moon and the stars in the sky... la la la :) hehehe

---Ferdinand

[Vetteography]

If there is one thing that I can't stand it is Hippies. And gluttons. Hippies and gluttons. 2 things. :D

[Dannes]

Very Nice!

[Paul A]

Beautiful!!!!

[Ferdinand]

hope I come across a bee the size of a golf ball some day :)

[TammieO]

Beautiful shot! (mutters to self...thou shall not covet another forum member's photo and lens...)

[Ferdinand]

Thanks Tammie :) Well, its okay to covet in thoughts only hehe

[marie]

hope I come across a bee the size of a golf ball some day :)


:shock:

:lol:
give this one some GM food and bingo !
you'll have lots bouncing and buzzing around your garden

(but will you have a lens big enough to capture them) :shock::evil:


it's a great shot :) :cool:


"Well, its okay to covet in thoughts only hehe"


not really:confused:
the thoughts start the action

why the thoughts should be pure

:lol: :lol:

[ddelallata]

that is a beautiful photograph!

[MarkoPolo]

Wow! That says it all! Wonderful shot.

[BlueTit]

Fantasic shot and great patience! I would take the patience instead of the lens. What's the chances of a bee landing on the flower you were set up for with tripos etc!!