I was standing outside the garage this morning getting a new tyre put on the car when I noticed a tree across the road had its ivy in flower on the trunk, and a stash of insects were in amongst it. I thought they might be
Colletes hederae, the Ivy bee (the last hatching bee of the year). Grabbing the G6 from the car I set off towards the tree with the 45-175 attached. Imagine my surprise when I got to the tree and saw all the insects were nectaring Asian hornets. They were up high, 6' or more above me, and I had little optimism of getting a decent shot, but I set to work trying to see if I could do something without a monopof or tripod.
I needn't have worried too much - the OIS works well on this lens, and it sings on the old G6..... for the £150 or so I paid for it I think this is a damn fine piece of consumer glass. I never expected it to be a decent insect lens, but it may turn out to be one.....
....till I find a PL55-200 lying in the grass somewhere, cough.
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