I was out photographing bees again today at the gardens. This is an unprocessed photo.
The bee is the subject but at the same time it is nice to pick up some of the environment. Bees are small so there is a big crop. I know there is a crop factor, but this sensor is like 35MP on a smaller sensor, does it matter if I crop a lot to get a full size of the bee.
R7 rf 100 f/2.8 iso 640 f/11 1/500
Dean, I guess first question that comes to my mind is, what do you want to use the photo for, large print, just to post online, things like that. If for a large print, you want to keep every pixel your camera offers you, so, when shooting the image, you would want to have a lens on that provides you with the opportunity to capture as near to the composition (no need in cropping later) as you are wanting for your printed image. If for just online posting, not such a big deal. It is good to have in mind what you hope to do with the image while shooting so that if need be, you can get closer, change to a longer lens, etc. Environmental shots are good to show where the bee or whatever subject is spending his time but remember that we lose the fine details of the bee or other small subject when including much of the environment. I hope that helps.
That helps a lot, @Shirley_Freeman. I need to remember what the subject is and what is the story I want to tell. I do not do prints much and if I do, they are usually 18x12 or 11x14 if portrait. I do try to capture the photo with the thinking I do not need to crop it. Sometimes my subject is posing and other times they do what every they want. I think like a bee these days so I am getting better setting up the photo and just waiting for her to come.
