Posted by David Taylor on April 13, 2007 at 6:31 PM
The more I use my Sigma SD14 the more I like it This attractive bee landed for a few seconds yesterday. Don't know what species but managed to get this shot before it flew off.
Sigma SD14
Sigma 50mm EX Macro lens
F7.1
1/100s
ISO 200
A setting
Hand Held
Natural light
RAW adjustment in SPP3
Resized and cropped in PS Elements 4
You got the bee spot on, particularly as you were hand holding. The highlights are a touch distracting - had you thought of cropping the bottom and right?
You use the same lens as me and although it is a bit noisy when focussing, I think it is excellent.
Posted by Mark Fellowes on April 14, 2007 at 1:59 PM
Hi David
Nice shot - looks a bit like a solitary mining bee to me (Andrena sp.). I think that it might be worth trying the crop as suggested by Jim.
Agree the Bee looks good (agree as well with Mark's ID), the light colour of the leave is certainly a bit distracting, also (may be my failing eyesight) the eye doesn't seem as sharp as it could have been...... looking at the leave the bee is resting on it looks like the point of focus was slightly to the rear...
Discussion
3 repliesSigma SD14
Sigma 50mm EX Macro lens
F7.1
1/100s
ISO 200
A setting
Hand Held
Natural light
RAW adjustment in SPP3
Resized and cropped in PS Elements 4
You use the same lens as me and although it is a bit noisy when focussing, I think it is excellent.
Nice shot - looks a bit like a solitary mining bee to me (Andrena sp.). I think that it might be worth trying the crop as suggested by Jim.
Mark