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12monkeys wrote:
I think you have to make a choice: either back off and have the whole of the butterfly on a flower, or get super close, probably with a different lens.
I depends whether we are talking about a single image or a series of the same indivdual or of a number of individuals.
I would probably use my Kiron 105 macro for the range of magnifications considered here. Keeping in mind that the insect may not tolerate close approach, first take a shot where it occupies a small part of the image, correctly composed. Then move in to get it larger in the frame. If that works, go in even closer. If you want eyes, proboscis and antennae, plus flufffy hair, all in focus your best bet is a profile shot.
In all of the above allow for wind and camera movement and cropping to final format, if required, all the more so as you get closer. That is, doen't frame to tightly. One thing to avoid is those format frames you can select at the time of shooting. Those are only for someone with no image processing software. I shoot RAW and found that the whole image was saved anyway but I could access only the framed portion.
I do quite a lot of moderate cropping, mostly for composition purposes. If you have to crop too severely, to get the image you want, sooner or later you are going to start seeing pixels!
Harold
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