Commons talk:Featured picture candidates/File:Anthomyiidae.jpg

• Great, I think you mentioned before the Sigma 150mm F/2.8 f2.8 EX DG APO HSM MACRO for Nikon to be a good start? --Acarpentier 20:39, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Shure. You can choose between a Tamron 180mm or Sigma 150mm Lens. They moreless the same good, Tamron 180mm is a tad sharper with f/16 and Sigma is razorsharp with f/8. Another good choice could be Tamron 90mm or Canon 100mm -> with a shorter focal lenght the subjects have more plasticity. --21:47, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

• Thanks for the advice, I have to wait for the snow to go away and then I think I'll rent them for a weekend first to test them and decide after. When you took for example your Schnepfenfliege_Rhagio_scolopaceus2.jpg photo, at what distance where you from the subject? Is there a trick you have to get near them? --Acarpentier 15:19, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

• The distance was about 14 inch. In the early morning when it's colder the chance is bigger that they don't fly away, that's why the picture has lots of dew drops. Another thing to keep in mind is to avoid horizontal movement when sneaking up on them ... experiment a bit with honey or food, tie mikado sticks on stems to stop them from moving in the wind. Place and focus your camera in front of a bud and wait with a remote release ... and so on, and so on. There are a few hundred tricks and strategies you can experiment with :-))

Maybe you can find a english macro-forum where you can get a lot of informations about this. --Richard Bartz (talk) 21:53, 10 January 2009 (UTC)