first attempt

[taff]

tried catching a bee thet was buzzing about on my broard beans this afternoon. Useing my sigma 70-300mm f4-5.6 apo dg macro lens in macro mode. not the best but got to learn.

Spoiler:

[diablos]

Very nice i like it.

[peterc4]

not bad atall

[BertRoot]

Nice mate. I find that lens a bastard to use macro as it is impossible for me to handhold something at that range.

[taff]

Nice mate. I find that lens a bastard to use macro as it is impossible for me to handhold something at that range.

Im still trying to get used to it myself m8. Cant afford a standalone macro lens at the moment so will have to get used to this one for now.

[B B Leo]

class shot m8

[wizer]

Nice effort. I think the focusing if wrong tho. Too much going on with the ant in the back ground. I would have focused in on the bee more.

Question: Do I mean I would have reduced the DoF?

[willp2003]

good effort, but you've picked a tricky subject, the buggers never sit still

[taff]

Nice effort. I think the focusing if wrong tho. Too much going on with the ant in the back ground. I would have focused in on the bee more.

Question: Do I mean I would have reduced the DoF?

I was trying to focus on the bee but as you said there bloody hard to catch they move realy fast.

[neo2810]

Good effort with a lens not dedicated to macro. Unfortunately you've hit the focus on the leaves behind the bee slightly, leaving it a little fuzzy. Still, it's not at all bad.

@Wizer: If you mean you would have widened the aperture to increase the blur behind the bee, then yes, that's reducing the DoF.

[russbeer]

I wouldn't have got any where near it, its a fookin monster!

[{{909}}]

looking at the exif data your settings seem very strange, f/25 at iso 1600?? Id have used a much wider aperture, and lower ISO rating, although that wouldnt make focusing any easier. You may just find that you are making the job much harder with that lens though, compared to a dedicated macro lens so don't get too demanding of yourself. Try macro on something that isnt moving!

[[wingnut]]

Following on from Neo, but with close up work even a aperture of say f/22 will produce a shallow depth of field, check out the exif on some of Bilbo's macro stuff and you will see what i mean.

Taff, nice shot shame the focus point is a little off, as for hand holding have you thought about a monopod, I use one it's handy for stuff like that when a tripod is too much.