C&C: Pseudo-macro with new 70-200mm f/4 IS

[Brendan7]

I've had a lot of yesterday and today to test my new 70-200 f4 L IS, and I thought I'd post a couple of pictures for critique. I haven't had any willing portrait subjects and so I focused my attention to some butterflies


taken with EOS 7D.


EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM lens @ 189mm, f/5.6, 1/1600, ISO 400. Manual Exposure, Handheld. Editing in DPP.






Another shot of the same type:


EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM lens @ 200mm, f/7.1, 1/500, ISO 400. Manual Exposure, Handheld. Edited in DPP.






Right before a collision:


EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM lens @ 192mm, f/5.6, 1/1600, ISO 400. Manual Exposure, Handheld. Edited in DPP.






One More Butterfly:






And finally two Robins. The male tried to mate with the female but was promptly rejected.






Have a nice day [H]


brendan

[mikehillman89]

Nice shots Brendan! How far were you from them? 10-15ft?

[Brendan7]

4ft

[TucsonTRD]

Nice photos.

[Oren]

Well done!

[Colin500]

Nice pictures, really like the butterflies!

4ft

IOW at MFD to get MM, which does make the 70-200 f/4 IS a good flower and butterfly lens (on a crop body; with a larger sensor you need more MM, at least that's my impression after changing from a 500D to a 5D2, letting the 100mm macro bubble to the top of my "want" list).


Ciao, Colin

[Dave Johnston]

Very Nice Shots!


I like how the Male robin still has lunch in his mouth despite his current situation.


Dave.

[Brendan7]

Nice pictures, really like the butterflies!

4ft

IOW at MFD to get MM, which does make the 70-200 f/4 IS a good flower and butterfly lens (on a crop body; with a larger sensor you need more MM, at least that's my impression after changing from a 500D to a 5D2, letting the 100mm macro bubble to the top of my "want" list).


Ciao, Colin

I'll prob. be getting an extension tube to increase magnification.

[mikehillman89]

I like how the Male robin still has lunch in his mouth despite his current situation.
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Like us, he's a guy and has no idea what he's doing or why it's important, just that he needs to do it!


These pics and your 4Ft distance is making me consider this lens even more Brendan!

[Brendan7]

Like us, he's a guy and has no idea what he's doing or why it's important, just that he needs to do it!

That's one of the great debates of ornithology : To what degree can birds feel emotion? (You know 'bout Alex and Irene Pepperberg, right?)

These pics and your 4Ft distance is making me consider this lens even more Brendan!

The 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM and 70-200mm f/4L IS USM both focus at 3.9'. But f/2.8 is never used for macro so that isn't a macro advantage. Macro apertures range from f/5.6 to f/16 (f/8 is the best on 1.6x, f/11 is the best on FF). I do see you have a 100mm macro, that should be your main macro lens, though.


I personally prefer the strategy of getting a lighter, smaller, and much cheaper 70-200 f/4 IS and then an 85 f/1.8 for the portraits that require a wider aperture. f/4 isn't all that bad for portraits, anyway