Butterfly

[Isac]

#1
Canon 7D Mark II with TAMRON 18-400mm | 1/500 sec | f/6.3 | ISO 250 | Aperture priority | Metering: Spot | 400 mm | Subject: 1.024M
#2
Canon 7D Mark II with TAMRON 18-400mm | 1/500 sec | f/6.3 | ISO 200 | Aperture priority | Metering: Spot | 400 mm | Subject: 0.490M

[wigz]

Beautiful Isac, and great colour. When using spot metering, do you adjust the the exposure or meter from a mid-tone area

[wigz]

Isac, I mostly avoid spot metering as I thought it could give inconsistent results. My understanding is that it will give an exposure to render the area under the spot as a mid-tone, possibly incorrect for the rest of the image. Perhaps we should move this discussion to a separate topic. Does it work differently for the 7D II?

[Grumpy John]

I tend to agree with you Alan. I have found inconsistent results using spot metering and prefer to use Evaluative metering. I also use a Canon 7D MkII. I'm not sure how the Nikon does spot metering, but the Canon spot Meters in the centre of frame. This means that if you subject is "off Centre" you meter on your subject and recompose. a right royal PITA.

[Isac]

It seems to work OK on the 7Dii so I'm happy with the outcomes it gives me. It's never worried me and I also use other metering settings, depending on the scene and light that's around. Cheers.

[Ozzie_Traveller]

G'day mate

Two very beautiful images - I am most impressed - don't lose that lens !!!

Phil

[Isac]

Cheers Phil. I am constantly amazed at the results from this lens, especially at 400mm.

[Grumpy John]

They are both wonderful images Isac, lovely soft background and sharp focus on the main object, wonderful colours too.
Just goes to show that you don't necessarily need a macro lens to capture great images of insect life.

[Isac]

Thank you John - very much appreciated. At 400mm I can get good focus as close as 100mm from the subject so it's a good stand in for a macro.