When the blossoms on the orange trumpet vines adjacent to our backyard fence appear, this little guy often shows up to pose for the camera.
Rebel T7, EF-S 55-250mm f4.5-5.6 IS II, 430EX Speedlight. F8.0, 1/1000th sec, 430EX @ high speed syncRebel T...
I saw this guy crawl into the flower, composed, focused on the outside of the flower, waited until he exited and got the shot.
Edited image is cropped at about 60%
Rebel T7, EF-S 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 IS II @ 55mm, ISO 100, 1/320th sec. f5.6
The Cactus Wren is the state bird of Arizona. I usually see them and their nests on or around cholla, staghorn, suguaro and other types of cacti. This morning, this guy decided to have breakfast on a wall in our backyard.
Canon Rebel T7, EF-S 55-250...
dincha2,
I'm going to recommend you look at the Canon EF 50mm f1.8 II "Nifty-Fifty" lens. It's a relatively inexpensive plastic mount lens that punches well above its weight in terms of image qualtiy and in my opinion, produces results ivocative of ...
Steve,
Your comments are spot on! Great advice.
My zooms are IS and my primes are not and I observed the same thing happening when not being careful to hold steady and/or watch my shutter speed. More so with the 2 lighter and smaller primes I hav...
jorekco1,
You said, "most of the time can get decently close to the subject". If I may, I'll answer/make a recommendation based on my experience and my assumptions.
I agree with the others that a genuine Canon lens would be preferable to a Yongnu...
Trevor,
I don't see a much difference in what you did so subtly and artfully with technology vs. what one of my mentors (a wedding and event photographer) used to do during a wedding or event when photographing a subject that was not quite “perfect”....
Ernie,
I agree with you.
I just re-read the question and title of the thread is, "Is there any benefits to owning a 50mm lens when I already own a 24 to 105 mm?" I think the benefits were covered thoroughly by those who responded including you. I t...
