Finally the heat has relented, and you can actually go outside without worrying about it being melanoma weather. Wow! That was one hot Summer! But, as usual, a couple of days after my birthday, the weather cools off, and I have to say that for me at least, it was more than welcomed. It seems that I spent the whole Summer in the house with the A/C running full blast. I just paid the Utilities bill, and it wasn't pretty. Anyway, enough whining....today I took a little excursion into my back yard, which is overgrown with weeds, and took a few pictures. The tools chosen were my Sony a77ll, and attached to it was my Minolta 500mm f8 mirror lens. Since it is a crop sensor in this camera, that 500mm supposedly is equivalent to a 750mm lens. There are lots of arguments about that, but I couldn't care less really....This little image was taken hand held, and I think it was more good luck than actual skill on my part....but I'll take it. This bee is lifting off from the Rose of Sharon blossom, fully loaded, and I was not sure it would be able to fly at all. Usually, these sorts of shots are taken with a macro lens, which I have, but was not using at the time. The 500mm was being tested, to see if I really needed to buy the SONY 200 ~ 600 mm lens, for bird photography, and such. But I have to ask myself....is it really worth spending the bucks? Will I become a REAL bird photographer overnight? Nahh, I don't think so. I will be saving the money and spend it where it will be more useful. Maybe I'll buy another accordion....LOL! Cheers!
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