Lunch time insects

[jcdeboever]

Took at lunch today. Cloudy and overcast. XT2, 100-400, custom chrome, crop and scale.

1. Great Black Wasp

2. Bumble Bee

3. Bark-mimicking grasshopper

 

[Jeff15]

Nice shots, last one for me.......

 

[Gary A.]

You have the best lunches. I'm glad you’re getting a lot of good use out that 100-400.

 

[jcdeboever]

Nice shots, last one for me.......

Thanks Jeff

You have the best lunches. I'm glad your getting a lot of good use out that 100-400.

Thanks bud. It is very useful for photographing Wasp's, I'm plenty far away.

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

Wow, JC. Hard to believe you got these with such a large lens. I am liking the camo on the grasshopper.

 

[jcdeboever]

Wow, JC. Hard to believe you got these with such a large lens. I am liking the camo on the grasshopper.

it's about 6ft min focus distance. it's one of the few I actually auto focus with. I also use a monopod with it, fairly heavy.

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

Wow, JC. Hard to believe you got these with such a large lens. I am liking the camo on the grasshopper.

it's about 6ft min focus distance. it's one of the few I actually auto focus with. I also use a monopod with it, fairly heavy.

I have a mono and tripods, but never actually use them unless I am going to do a long exposure. Maybe that's where I go wrong

 

[Gary A.]

Whenever possible, a tri or mono will help. Sometimes the help is insignificant but other times it makes the dif between a keeper and the trash bin.

 

[jcdeboever]

Whenever possible, a tri or mono will help. Sometimes the help is insignificant but other times it makes the dif between a keeper and the trash bin.

I use it to mainly protect the mount on the camera. I guess if a lens has a collar on it, probably a good idea to monopod it.

 

[Jeff G]

Nice set JC!

 

[rosh4u]

Beautiful set!

 

[acparsons]

Awesome!

 

[jcdeboever]

Nice set JC!

Beautiful set!

Awesome!

Thanks