Dragon fly

Hello everyone,

I've been trying my hand at some macro lately. I haven't purchased a "real" macro lense yet so I've been using my Canon EF 300mm f4 L IS with the 20D. With IS off and tripod mounted, it seems to work for now. What do you think? This is a 100% crop of the original.

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its not too bad, the focus is a little off. I can see the focus area is the wing closest to you (us) in the photo.

you really need to use and f16 to f20 or so to get more area in focus, but you will need a lot of light so you avoid slow shutter speeds. sometimes you can get away with using f8 to f10

macro work can be tough at first, but once you figure it out its very cool

I have the Sigma 105mm 2.8 Macro and it does a great job

also you can get a set of Kenko extension tubes for about $129 or less. the tubes go between the camera body and the lens and allow you to get much closer to your subject. but you really need to use f20 to f32 when using the tubes in some situations.

James