In the right hands
I had the 60 and thought I needed the 90. I'm finding I just don't use a macro lens that often. Almost feel like I'm forcing myself to use it because I bought it. I just got a quote from MPB. Thinking of swapping the 90 Macro for the 40-150 2.8 and then go back to the 60 for the times when I do need a macro lens.
p.7 #8 · Micro Four-Thirds Macro and Semimacro Image Thread
Ronny Olsson wrote:
Something exciting here at home around the garden today
Lesser Emperor (female) eats a Migrant Hawker for dinner
Shows what predators dragonflies are
p.7 #10 · Micro Four-Thirds Macro and Semimacro Image Thread
sum1sgrampa wrote:
In the right hands
I had the 60 and thought I needed the 90. I'm finding I just don't use a macro lens that often. Almost feel like I'm forcing myself to use it because I bought it. I just got a quote from MPB. Thinking of swapping the 90 Macro for the 40-150 2.8 and then go back to the 60 for the times when I do need a macro lens.
The best lens is the one you use
advantage of the 90 is sync IS takes MC and weather sealing a pro lens
longer focal length otherwise the 60 is just as good in terms of sharpness etc
40-150 is a good lens so it's not a bad option if you now have 60 macro still
but I recommend for close-up photography that you have atleast MC-14
but both are good to have. if you are going to use it for something else it doesn't matter much
Ronny
OM Digital Solutions OM-1 + OM SYSTEM M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm f/3,5 Macro IS PRO by Ronny Olsson, on Flickr
50-200 f2.8 + MC-14
OM Digital Solutions OM-1 + OM 50-200mm F2.8 + MC-14 by Ronny Olsson, on Flickr
OM Digital Solutions OM-1 + OM 50-200mm F2.8 + MC-14 by Ronny Olsson, on Flickr
40-150 f2.8+MC-20
Olympus E-M1MarkIII+ Olympus M.ZUIKO 40-150/2.8 ED PRO + MC-20 Teleconverter 2x by Ronny Olsson, on Flickr
40-150 @ f2.8
OM Digital Solutions OM-1 + OLYMPUS M.40-150mm F2.8 by Ronny Olsson, on Flickr
p.7 #15 · Micro Four-Thirds Macro and Semimacro Image Thread
Blood-red Dragonfly (Sympetrum sanguineum), OM-System OM-1 MKII + OM-System 90/3.5 Macro IS Pro + OM-System TC 2.0x MC-20 in my garden today.
Single shot: ISO 500, f/7.1, 1/200 s
p.7 #20 · Micro Four-Thirds Macro and Semimacro Image Thread
Queen Anne's lace thrives in great numbers in the wild around Parksville at this time of year. Unless one stops and has a close look at it, you do not notice the intricate and numerous purple prickly seeds.
Queen Anne's lace (Wild carrot) is common to roadsides and other disturbed areas. It was introduced from Europe as a medicinal herb. This biennial plant persists in clay soils and can be a threat to recovering grasslands. After going to seed the dried flower takes on a “birds’ nest” like appearance and can move like a tumble weed to help spread its seeds.
There are many explanations for the origin of this common name, including the flower’s resemblance to the lace that was fashionable around the time of the British monarch, wife of King James I; because people thought it resembled Queen Anne’s lace headdress; 18th-century English courtiers used the flowers as “living lace;” and supposedly because Queen Anne challenged her ladies-in-waiting to a contest to see who could produce a piece of lace as beautiful as the flower, but none could rival her own efforts.
It is also called wild carrot because this is the European plant that cultivated carrots were developed from. It was brought to North America with the colonists as a medicinal plant and is now naturalized throughout the continent.
This biennial flowers in its second season, then dies. Hollow, branched flower stems grow 2 to 4 feet tall, and both the stems and leaves are covered with short, coarse hairs. The attractive, airy two- to four-inch “flower” is actually a compound flower. Up to a thousand tiny white flowers are produced in lacy, flat-topped clusters (umbels) with a dark, purplish center. As the seeds ripen, the inflorescence curls inward to form a “bird’s nest” shape and turns a brownish color. A small bristly seed is produced at the end of each flower stalk, and once dry they readily latch onto fur or feathers to be disseminated beyond where the seeds would otherwise fall.
Queen Anne’s Lace is so adaptable that in some habitats it crowds out native species that can’t compete with its vigorous growth. Many people consider Queen Anne’s lace an invasive weed. It is listed as a noxious weed in at least 35 states, but is not currently regulated in Wisconsin. The plant is used by some native animals for food. It is a host plant for eastern black swallowtail caterpillars and many butterflies and adult bees and beneficial insects utilize the flower nectar.
Handheld with Olympus 60mm f2.8 macro lens and 7 images focus-stacked in-camera.
OM-1MarkII OLYMPUS M.60mm F2.8 Macro lens60mmf/4.01/180s200 ISO0.0 EV
