What? A 500mm lens for flowers?

Telephoto lenses are a great boon - especially when you look out of the box. The compression of space inherent to a telephoto is instant "bokeh" while still rendering more depth of field than a macro so presto! more of the image is in focus. I find this preferable actually. With a big enough landscape, a telephoto makes a great wide angle too!

I liked "Incoming!" the best - best exposure overall, and the shot is funny. That the bee is in total motion - no clarity of his form at all - works for me. It conveys the eagerness the bee is experiencing. His hurry.

I think with a good custom print or a good scan of the negative itself (hi res) you could easily tease detail out of the bottom of the hornets' nest because you used FILM. Maybe too high a dynamic range to get much more than mud with digital - depends on the camera. High end one probably could do the job, but consumer level (read: mine) it is a black noisy hole.

You need to clean you scanner glass. A couple of palm prints, lots of dust, do not add to the image.

4 Pounds? 500mm? Bright Sunlight? 1/500 np

Unfortunately getting a overkill lens and pointing it at some flowers doesn't make for a good photo. Sorry if that came across harsh.

Why not use digital? Your skills with film will transfer across and put you ahead of most people when actually going to take the photo.

If you ever do think about coming across to 'the dark side' you should check out this blog, especially the part about megapixels and sensor size.

http://thecamerablog.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/buyin...