Superior Separation - _TNY_2155
Here is a good shot to show the advantage of shooting butterflies with a long telemacro lens.
Well, obviously, you don't have to get as close to your subject, ie less risk of scaring it, but on top of that - you get this really nice separation of subject and background.
Also, the Sigma 180mm f/3.5 has nine diaphragm blades compared to eight in Canon's equivalent lens and seven in Tamron's which mean the bokeh balls in the background here get rounder (which is nice) compared to if it had been shot with one of the other two.
The butterfly in the shot is a Mylotes cattleheart (Parides eurimedes) and was shot at the Haga Ocean butterfly house in Solna, Sweden. In the wild, these are found in Central America.
Superior Separation - _TNY_2155
Here is a good shot to show the advantage of shooting butterflies with a long telemacro lens.
Well, obviously, you don't have to get as close to your subject, ie less risk of scaring it, but on top of that - you get this really nice separation of subject and background.
Also, the Sigma 180mm f/3.5 has nine diaphragm blades compared to eight in Canon's equivalent lens and seven in Tamron's which mean the bokeh balls in the background here get rounder (which is nice) compared to if it had been shot with one of the other two.
The butterfly in the shot is a Mylotes cattleheart (Parides eurimedes) and was shot at the Haga Ocean butterfly house in Solna, Sweden. In the wild, these are found in Central America.