Originally posted by bertwert Norm told me to go out with this and try it's close up ability, and I find it's generally good to listen to his advice. I went out and took quite a few and the lens did perform well.
Now here's a bee on a flower:
If norm told you to do it, then it was a good idea!
Honestly, though, I'm not very fond of this particular image ... something to do with the bee, but I'm not quite sure.
May
bee it's just the orientation, may
bee it would look better if you'd gone with with a higher ISO and shutter speed, may
bee its just too dark?
added: Just as I pressed the button to post this comment, my wife came by and said "That's pretty" ... so obviously I'm wrong