I live in an area surrounded by beautiful countryside, sadly, it's not a little village nestled in the hills or anything like that, however, a 10 minute walk will take you into the woods, and from there on through the fields down in to the valley where the 3 dams of Greasbrough are.
This is the first time I've been on a walk for a while, due to lockdown and then an illness, which I am gladly recovering from and feeling more like myself (no, I've not had Covid-19).
Anyhow, I thought I'd take my camera and my big Sigma 150-600mm C lens, using an adaptor, I have this fitted on my Sony A7iii camera, which the more I use, the more I fall in love with it, although, still not used to the cluttered menu system.
I was so surprised to see dragon flies, and other wildlife on my travels, and the good this was, that with this big lens, I didn't have to get too close as would scare the subjects off (although, still can't beat a macro lens).
Anyhow, I thought I would share some of the shots I got while out an about.
I had this shot in mind for a while, although lighting wasn't perfect, I do like this shot.
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Some fab images Darren. I also have the Sigma 150-600C, and its a fantastic lens. I never thought to use it for macro work, but it certainly works for these Dragonflies...
I'll certainly keep it in mind the next time I go out exploring!
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The dragonflies shots are very cool! How far were you from them?
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#quratortag. Better add#photographyinstead :)Thanks for the feedback, I think I was about 10 feet from the drogonflies, just cropped the images slightly to get a closer shot.
Pretty cool! :)
I shot once dragonflies with Tamron 70-300 and was surprised how well they looked. But I had to be closer.
Would love to have this Sigma.
It's a great lens, but doesn't half get heavy after half an hour or so lol