The 150-600 telephoto is a good tool for getting close up photos of insects and other critters. This is a small collection of dragonfly pictures I took last week. I generally have the lens and camera mounted on a monopod with a ball head that has the mount plate at a 90° so as to give the lens a gimble actiion. It takes a bigger monopod to handle the weight of this lens and camera so I have an alumininm Sirui P-204S with an aluminum three footed base (chicken foot). It isn't quite the same as trucking around a tripiod but it's still a load. Celithemis eponina or Halloween Pennant Erythemis simplicicollis or Common Pondhawk Erythemis simplicicollis or Common Pondhawk Libellula luctuosa or Widow skimmer Hummingbird Moth Hemaris Diffinis_Aug 06 2020
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