Bob Shell wrote: > Aha! My macro is a 100 mm, so I have to get too close, or crop the > final photo too much. Obviously, I need a longer lens.
Har! For the guy who didn't intend to sell anything at Grandfather Mountain, I probably provoked a bunch of 200mm macro sales. >> That said, I always get low on the subject and crawl up to it from >> a low >> position - hard on the knees, but less likely to spook the subject. > > Not an option for me, I'm afraid. Broken back and sciatica. If I > get down on my knees I might just stay there! Unfortunately, that is increasingly my situation. I 'walk' on my knees while stalking bugs (I guess that could be called 'crawling') and that really takes a toll. I'm feeling it today. > Good tips. I'll try to put them into practice the next time I'm near > a good dragonfly habitat. > > BTW, if you don't already have your insect shots with a good agency > you should look into it. Thanks - I have some listed with Superstock and some with Dembinski Photo Associates (the latter deals with textbook images.) I got away from working with agencies over the last couple of years - but now that unemployment is coming again, I may get back into the game. - MCC -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, Michigan www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
