Scorpionfly during a break

Today three flying insects during a break...

Whole universe in one eye



Scorpionfly (Panorpa Communis, Male)



The Colors

Snail and grass

Today only two photos: a very small snail that took off after the rain and some grass.

Zuiko 70-300mm and Raynox DCR-250

Some technical information about using Zuiko 70-300mm with Raynox DCR-250. Skip if you want only photos. :)

All tests on manual focus. Smallest focus distance: 110-130 mm from the Raynox. Should suffice. Largest object that could be photographed: 30 mm. Magnifications and maximum object sizes:

1. Focus at infinity

focal lenght	frame width	magnification
70mm	30 mm	0,57x
100mm	20 mm	0,8x
150mm	15 mm	1,1x
200mm	10 mm	1,7x
300mm	7 mm	2,4x

2. Closest focus

focal lenght	frame width	magnification
70mm	20 mm	0,8x
100mm	15 mm	1,1x
150mm	10 mm	1,7x
200mm	7 mm	2,4x
300mm	5 mm	3,4x

DOF at 200-300 is very, very, very small even at f22.

One of the first acceptable photos I took with it (ISO400, cropped):

Meadow and dandelions

Today the weather was great, so I took some photos in my neighborhood.

Meadow. It's converted from ORF (Olympus RAW file) in Raw Therapee.



A church very, very far away. Zuiko 30-700mm lens are quite handy. You could see the waving of the air - it's VERY hot today.



Dandelions almost in sepia...

First test with new camera

Harnet eye, flower and cross-spider. First photos I took with Olympus E-520. The DOF (depth of field) is much smaller than on my old Fuji, so I need to close the aperture and it's harder to light the insect properly. So those are only test. All photos were taken with ZD 30-700mm and Raynox DCR-250.