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Pjerry
October 02, 2020
Great macro.
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Location
This was taken in The Rose Gardens of Farmers Branch, a nice little park by my homeTime
This was taken in late afternoonLighting
It was a partly cloudy day, so plenty of nice light was availableEquipment
This was taken with a Canon 70D and 100mm F2.8L Macro lensInspiration
The rose garden has a nice butterfly garden, I was trying to catch Monarchs that were migrating earlyEditing
This was massaged a bit using Lightroom for color and contrastIn my camera bag
These days my 'walk about' setup is a Canon RP Mirrorless with a 24-240mm lens, but I'll also carry a 5D Mk III with any number of lenses if I'm looking to shoot something specific. I do have a couple of crop sensor bodies if I want a bit more reach, the extra magnification from the 1.6 crop factor helps there. I'm usually looking for cool things at random while traveling, so I often don't plan shots beforehand - I'm a pretty impromptu/opportunistic photographer. I've found I spend the most time with a 16-35mm wide angle, various prime lenses, or some sort of zoom depending on what I'm shooting. I also tend to use super-zooms a lot so I don't have to changes lenses out in the open.Feedback
Longer macro lenses like the 100mm are nice for shooting butterflies and other winged critters that are a little skittish, you can stand back a ways and disturb them quite as much. That's one advantage the APS-C sensors have over full-frame cameras - the magnification factor helps with macro shots
