Brown faced moth. Nailed the eyes, very well braced held.

[JBW]

[Shadowman]

Nicely done.

[JBW]

Nicely done.

The Tamron is more finicky than the 18-55 but I'm learning

[Donald]

Looking at it full sized and indeed the eyes have been nailed. Everything that should be nice and sharp, is. Continue having fun with the Tamron.

[Manfred M]

The Tamron is more finicky than the 18-55 but I'm learning

It's not that the lens is more finicky, but rather the type of photography you are doing.

The the scale you are working at, the depth of field is extremely shallow, tiny movements of the camera are greatly exaggerated and even the tiniest errors are clear to the world.

I have always suspected that the reason that camera manufacturers include the 18-55mm lens as a kit lens is that it is the easiest range to produce decent quality images. You don't get the tricky compositions of an ultra-wide angle nor the technically more challenging longer focal lengths.

I don't do macro work myself as I have no interest in the genre. You likely won't see a lot of comments from me as I don't feel qualified to give more than some very minimal compositional comments.

[JBW]

Looking at it full sized and indeed the eyes have been nailed. Everything that should be nice and sharp, is. Continue having fun with the Tamron.

I shall

[JBW]

It's not that the lens is more finicky, but rather the type of photography you are doing.

The the scale you are working at, the depth of field is extremely shallow, tiny movements of the camera are greatly exaggerated and even the tiniest errors are clear to the world.

I have always suspected that the reason that camera manufacturers include the 18-55mm lens as a kit lens is that it is the easiest range to produce decent quality images. You don't get the tricky compositions of an ultra-wide angle nor the technically more challenging longer focal lengths.

I don't do macro work myself as I have no interest in the genre. You likely won't see a lot of comments from me as I don't feel qualified to give more than some very minimal compositional comments.

okay quick technical question. Is the DoF shallower at F/14 because the tamron is 90 rather than 55?

[Manfred M]

Partially Brian, but the level of magnification is the actual issue. The reason that the 90 causes this issue is that it magnifies the scene more. Had you gotten in up close like that with your old lens and been able to magnify the same amount, you would see the same DoF issue.

A longer focal length means your get a higher level of magnification, even though you are farther away from your subject.