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Wasp on Dandelion Flower

Wasp on Dandelion Flower
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Canon EOS 7D Mark II

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Aperture f/11 ISO 4000 Shutter 1/200 Focal Length 100/1

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Behind The Lens

Location

This was taken at Rae's Reserve in Narre Warren North, Victoria , Australia. A semi rural area of several surrounding Hobby farms. The reserve is essentially two adjoining rectangular cricket fields where I and a small group of my friends enjoy our other hobby flying model aircraft.

Time

This was taken at 2:54 pm on May 18, 2016 . May in Australia is the last month in Autumn and generally great weather in Melbourne (Narre Warren North is an outer suburb of Melbourne).

Lighting

In this instance light was about average with diffused light due to clouds.

Equipment

Canon 7D Mk II with a Canon EF 100mm F2.8 L Macro IS II Lens. The photograph was taken hand held.

Inspiration

I had only recently bought the lens and was keen to try shooting small flowers like the Dandelion which was not more than about 15-20 mm in diameter.I saw this tiny wasp like fly settled on the middle of the flower and it seems like a superb opportunity to test the lens. I set the lens at f11 and boosted my ISO to 4000 so I could get enough light for a reasonable exposure and depth of field.

Editing

I did give it a bit of "Punch" using a preset on Adobe Lightroom.

In my camera bag

I now own a Canon 5D Mk IV and several Canon and Tamron Lens. They include a Tamron 15-30mm F2.8 Di VC, a Tamron 24-70 f2.8 Di VC G2, Canon EF 100mm L F2.8 Macro IS USM II, Canon EF 70-200 L F2.8 IS USM II, Canon 300mm L F4.0 IS USM, Canon EF 50 mm F1.8 STM, Tamron 35 mm F1.8 VC Di. I have quite a bit to choose from!

Feedback

Maybe, given the opportunity it always preferable to shoot on a still day as movement of the subject will blur the photograph. If you have time and patience a tripod and a remote release is much better. I was lucky this time. Lots of light to use a small aperture helps a lot to get sufficient depth of field and a fast shutter will stop movement. If your camera's ISO performance is good then use it to help with exposure. lastly shoot in RAW. always easier to play with the image to get the best results. Movement is your enemy specially shooting flowers and insects.

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Wasp on Dandelion Flower

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