The star of the dance

[PeterD]

I have still not got my Bigma back from repair (Still in Japan:eek:) so I have had to go to the other end of the wildlife photography range and larn to use my new Sigma 150mm Macro lens. What a superb lens this is:beer:. All I have to do is practise and get the best from it.

This image of the Dance fly (Empis livida) was taken last night.
http://surfbirds.com/albums/data/500/Dance_fly_Empis_livida_-6125992.jpg

This image was taken hand-held with the Olympus E500 + Sigma 150mm Macro. Shooting detail:- Fill-in flash, f18, 1/160s, ISO 400.

The fly is only about 9mm long and I think this image says a lot for the Sigma lens.

Peter

PS This image is NOT cropped.

[michael23]

hi peter, that is a stunning image, have heard a lot of good reviews about this lens, and this certainly confirms it, I want one now!

[PeterD]

Thank you Michael. Like all Macro lenses, the dof is something to take care over and its taken me a couple of weeks to get a handle on the settings to use. I am now going to experiment with flash intensity/duration to see if I can improve further. The difficulty comes with the very short working distance to the subject and the relatively long focal length of the lens. I guess its up to me to improve the settings to get the very best results. But I would rather have it that way.
Peter