Hi ya' Rik, :D With the ones that don't, what happens if you forget and leave it on? According to Chuck Westfall, Canon consumer rep, the IS on all of the other IS lenses will create a feedback loop. Those lenses have to have more highly detectable levels of camera shake to function properly. If mou...

Hi ya' Ken,

KenR wrote:It's a great shot of the lizard Tom but well...you know...some of us kind'a like girls. So, how'z about one for the rest of us guys!

Well, Ken, just for you I'll see if I can find a female desert spiny lizard

Best regards as always, my friend

Hi ya' Mike, :D While I was out photographing birds, yesterday, this little Desert Spiny Lizard ( Sceloporous magister ) poked its head out to see what I was doing... :D http://www.photomacrography1.net/images/desertspinylizard.jpg Desert Spiny Lizard ( Sceloporous magister ) Canon EOS Rebel XT with...

Hi ya' Riik, :D Here is a dragonfly (Blue Dasher) that was photographed with the 1.4x and 2x tc's stacked on the 300mm f 2.8L IS lens... http://www.photomacrography1.net/images/dragonfly2.jpg This is about a 75% crop of the full frame. The dragonfly was about 15' from the shoreline. Stacking the two...

Thanks for all of the nice comments, my friends. :D Rik...IS on a tripod is the difference between sharp and critically sharp. Shooting dragonflies, birds, any mobile nature subject, you cannot lock-down the controls on the tripod and use mirror-lockup as you can with static subjects. The tripod con...

Hi ya' Ken, :D However I would be ashamed of myself Tom. There you are using state of the art photo equipment and the poor wife, who cleans your house, cooks your meals, washes your cloths, and probably spends most of your money (well, no ones perfect) has to make do with a "point and shoot" camera ...

Hi y'all, :D Dragonfly photography was one of the things I was most looking forward to doing when I got my 300mm f 2.8L IS lens. I was hoping I could put a teleconverter on the lens and reach some of those impossible to photograph dragonflies. Here's a dragonfly using the 300mm f 2.8 lens + the 2x t...

Hi ya' Carl, Don't know about anyone else, but I'm jealous! I don't think you would be all that jealous if you saw the bill :!: :shock: :D Hi ya' Mike, :D Back in "the day", when I got my bright shiny new 100-400L lens, I was so excited about my ability to take mammal closeups that I seriously consi...

Hi ya' Mike, :D I know we have the guideline against commercial use of our forums/galleries. This is intended to prevent retail sales, scope dealers, and commercial interests from over-running the forums with advertisements. I have no problem with any member wanting to offer for sale personal items ...

Hi y'all, :D We have added a new forum...Favorite Locations Forum. If you have some place in particular that you like to go for photomacrography or to collect specimens to put under the microscope, share these places with your fellow members. Provide the location, a brief description of the location...

Hi y'all, :D Since the "Favorite Locations Forum" was my idea, allow me to make the first post. :D I have recently "discovered" the Gilbert Water Ranch and the Riparian Institute located in Gilbert, Arizona, USA. If you are into bird photography and dragonfly photography this is "The Place" to go in...

Hi y'all, :D UPS delivered my Canon EF 300mm f 2.8L IS lens in time for me to run out to the Desert Botanical Gardens, Phoenix, Arizona, USA for a test shoot. :D I know this isn't macro or micro but it's the first image I made with my new lens... http://www.photomacrography1.net/images/mourningdove....

Hi y'all, :D I went back out to the Gilbert Water Ranch, yesterday, for a morning of dragonfly hunting. The Mexican Amberwings ( Perithemis intensa ) were out in great numbers but were very difficult to photograph :!: :x http://www.photomacrography1.net/images/Perithemis_intensa1.jpg Mexican Amberwi...

Hi y'all, :D I purchased a Canon EOS Rebel XT (350D) digital SLR about three weeks ago and I wanted to share with y'all my experiences with this camera. I purchased this camera based partly on reviews I read on the Internet and based partly on other photographer's recommendations. Another deciding f...

Hey ya' Rik, :D Outdated chips in lenses generally don't produce intermittent errors. However, certain Sigma lenses (the old 300mm f. 4 and 400mm f. 5.6 HSM lenses for Canon come to mind) will function fine at full aperture but yield ERR99 when the lenses are stopped down. Other older lenses may giv...