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Bumble Bee

zakslm — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 13:05:17 GMT

Bumble bee on a cool morning.

Canon 90D, EF-S60mm F2.8 macro USM, f/11, 1/250th sec, ISO 640 , pop up flash fill

Re: Bumble Bee

deebatman316 — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 14:39:25 GMT

I see you’re back to Macro photography. How’s the EF-S 60mm F/2.8 USM lens. Is it slow or fast to AF I know it’s an older design. That has been replaced by a newer STM variant but a different focal length.

Re: Bumble Bee

zakslm — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 17:58:24 GMT

Demtrius,

The EF-S 60mm is a fine lens. Focus is very quick and silent and the only thing missing (in my opinion) is IS.

I enjoy dabbling in macro and other forms of “hobby” shooting and experimenting via trial and error. The bumble bee shot happened when I was trying to get some shots of a spider weaving a web around his prey and the bee landed on an adjacent flower. The pop up flash was already up so I just put the focus point on the bee and got 2 shots before he flew off. I was had my camera bag with me while I was waiting for my wife to finish an appointment and walked over to a local park that had lots of flowers. We’re visiting family in Michigan so it’s cool and the insects are slower in the cool morning.

Thanks for noticing my photo.

Regards,