>out mowing lawn>find this guy on a red bud tree>run and get macro gear>15min setup time>stand on tip-toes trying to see the LCD screen due to the awkward angle and height to get focus (step stool needed)>sun blasting the LCD screen>effing wind>10 shots later, finally nail this shotI don't think I could have done better without plucking the leaf and staging it indoors. It was slow enough that I probably could have focus stacked in the studio, but I don't have all day for that. This is as close to 1:1 as I can get this lens. I wanted focus on the red saddle, since I couldn't get more DOF with a tighter aperture or it'd have been way too dark to shoot. I even held the ring light right on this (hence the highlights at the bottom being a bit much.)
>Lens: Nikkor, 35-200mm, f/3.5, AI-S, 1:4 "Macro", Manual>F-stop: f/8>Extension tube: 171mm>Magnification ratio: 1.06:1>Insect: Schizura concinna>Plant: Cercis canadensisNow that I have a better way of measuring, I'm starting to put a millimeter scale in my uploaded photos. It isn't 100% accurate since the photos are resized and there's no fractional pixels, but it is close enough.
>>3339149>>3339017It is still quite something, even if the internet is flooded with photos of them. It takes determination, luck, and skill to get a good shot of just about any wildlife. I can't count the number of times I've lined up something, started to press the shutter button or remote control button only to have the animal bugger off at that exact instant. I could start an entire gallery dedicated to, "This is where the animal was a millisecond prior to the photo."
