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Stunning. Great shots Dan. Red Kites are relatively common around here now, but I've yet to get good shots of them.

Comment by chirpy posted on Red Kites at Rhayader at 03/07/2009 - 22:21

Sorry, I should have said Speckled Bush Cricket as thoramay correctly pointed out.

The "horn" on its arse is the female ovipositor. Generally, the longer it is, the more mature the cricket.

So in the first photo in the thread: the top OOF one is a young female, the main one is a male.

Comment by chirpy posted on Macro starters, bug experts needed at 03/07/2009 - 18:04

They're all Spotted Bush Crickets. It is tricky taking macros of insects without any flash. It can be done, but needs good light and usually a tripod. Like Mike, I usually use flash

Comment by chirpy posted on Macro starters, bug experts needed at 02/07/2009 - 21:38

Bigger and better glass. The bigma is f/6.3 at 500mm, this lens is f/4.5 - that difference is very significant when shooting wildlife under less that ideal conditions, and you can shoot wide-open, whereas the bigma needs to be stopped down to gain the equivalent sharpness (I've had the bigma and the little-bigma).

Comment by chirpy posted on Anyone feeling rich? at 02/07/2009 - 11:30

I'm quite excited about using it on the K7 when SRS ships It'll be fun shooting HD videos through it

The price is about £800 less (including shipping and taxes) than I paid when I imported mine last year from B&H.

Comment by chirpy posted on Anyone feeling rich? at 02/07/2009 - 11:16

I do have one - and I am lucky

That's a good price for the lens.

Comment by chirpy posted on Anyone feeling rich? at 02/07/2009 - 11:09

Lovely shots, well done. I have the lens and find it excellent as a general purpose walkaround lens (if a tad heavy). I particularly like the Thread Lacewing photos - wish we had that one over here

Comment by chirpy posted on Still dithering over the DA* 50-135mm ? at 01/07/2009 - 16:57

I'd like to add my support to Chris and all those at SRS who offer an excellent service. It's unacceptable for people to be rude and abusive to such helpful retailers, especially when they have their hands tied.

Comment by chirpy posted on Lens Prices... at 01/07/2009 - 16:53

That's really very good for the kit lens. Definitely a Hoverfly, looks like a female Eristalis lineata

Comment by chirpy posted on Wasp on kit lens at 30/06/2009 - 17:15

Lovely photos. It's a Small Tortoiseshell, a male I think.

Comment by chirpy posted on Butterfly Macros - Identification please! at 28/06/2009 - 22:05

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