I have at least bought a true macro lens, the EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM. This should improve the quality of my pictures or I will have to find other excuses.
I have not finished building the infrared barrier system and I have put this project under the carpet because of lack of time.
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Canon EOS 40D, EF300mm f/4 L IS USM lens. F/4, 1/60 s, 200 ASA. Focus distance: about 6m. This picture is cropped. Late winter and early spring are good periods for Red Squirrel observation and photography because deciduous trees do not have their foliage yet. |
Ashy Mining-bee (Andrena cineraria(Linnaeus, 1758)) - Yvelines, France - March 26th 2011
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Canon EOS 40D, EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens, extender tubes. F/6.3, 1/40 s, 200 ASA. Focus distance: about 18cm. The camera perfectly immobilized, I have used the Live view mode to focus on this insect which didn't move. So favorable conditions do not occur so often! |
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba(Linnaeus, 1758)) - Texel, the Netherlands - March 31st 2011
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Canon EOS 40D, EF300mm f/4 L IS USM lens. F/5, 1/500 s, 200 ASA. Focus distance: about 4m. What a nice surprise, after waiting the end of a shower inside my car, to see the coming of a sunny spell and of a White Wagtail. As this last one has approached step by step, I had time to move the window down before it lands very close to me. |
Checkered Beetle (Clerus mutillarius(Fabricius, 1787)) - Yvelines, France - April 20th 2011
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Canon EOS 40D, EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens. F/6.3, 1/30 s, 400 ASA. Focus distance: about 15cm. These Checkered Beetles being perfectly still, I have immobilized the camera against the tree stump to avoid any moving blur. |
European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster(Linnaeus, 1758)) - Saône-et-Loire, France - May 1st 2011
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Canon EOS 40D, EF300mm f/4 L IS USM lens. F/6.3, 1/1000 s, 200 ASA. Focus distance: about 6m. This picture is slightly cropped. It is rather easy to take pictures of European Bee-eaters. You just need to find a nesting colony and the perches usually used in the vicinity. However you need to take care not to disturb too much these birds during their nesting period. |
(Hedychrum rutilans(Dahlbom, 1854)) - Yvelines, France - August 14th 2011
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Canon EOS 40D, EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens. F/8, 1/250 s, 400 ASA. Focus distance: about 35cm. This picture is slightly cropped. The species identification is not 100% sure. |
