Cactusdave
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I had the opportunity to try out a newly acquired secondhand Canon 7D and Canon 100mmm L IS macro yesterday on an obliging Orange-tip butterfly. The cold weather alternating with burst of warm sun meant it was keen to sunbathe when the sun came out and allowed a close approach almost up to 1:1. It was so obliging it decided to perch on my finger at one point and was glad to be transferred to the warm black rubber composition lid of a compost bin to warm up. I have been saving up for this camera and lens for a while now and I wasn't disappointed. Thanks to forum members for these. :t: The camera handles well and the lens focuses fast and accurately on it. The lens is sharp and the image stabilisation works well, enabling me to take shots at 1/125 that would have been blurry with my Sigma 105mm macro.
The Orange-tip was so obliging I was able to get a number of poses, in fact it was so obliging I should really have run in and got my tripod and focusing rail for some outdoor stacking, but I was so excited by the new lens and camera I just kept shooting away. I couldn't resist this one, butterfly with fly. I also got a more usual folded wing pose with just a sliver of orange showing. The folded wing shows a lovely camouflage pattern. The other shots show a head and shoulders style crop, this butterfly has a fantastically luxuriant ruff of hairs, and an 'actual pixels' crop. The camera and lens stand up well to this severe test.
The Orange-tip was so obliging I was able to get a number of poses, in fact it was so obliging I should really have run in and got my tripod and focusing rail for some outdoor stacking, but I was so excited by the new lens and camera I just kept shooting away. I couldn't resist this one, butterfly with fly. I also got a more usual folded wing pose with just a sliver of orange showing. The folded wing shows a lovely camouflage pattern. The other shots show a head and shoulders style crop, this butterfly has a fantastically luxuriant ruff of hairs, and an 'actual pixels' crop. The camera and lens stand up well to this severe test.