Mantis on Lotus

My First outing with my new lens and tripod head, and while shooting

this lotus, my first ever spotting of a mantis...I freaked out...all in all a

very cooperative macro subject...but the few moments it looked at

the lens were priceless to me :D...the extra working distance with my

new lens and the geared head made fine tuning easy and I was

ready for some great shots of this critter....great fun....

Any critiques, criticisms, comments....greatly appreciated!!

Fantastic that all the discussion about what gear to buy and what you eventually bought has paid dividends - that’s just great and I am very happy for you.

William  

Thanks to both of you.

William, I can definately see the draw and benefits of the geared head!  And so far im loving this lens...with this extra working distance, its a whole new world....it is SO much easier for floral photography and some other stuff were the extra working distance made it MUCH easier to tinker with the light...and just easier to set up etc...hand holding can be do-able...but it forces higher ISO for many shots to freeze properly....which seems quite more noticeable for macro shots.

Love it when a plan comes together :D