Some macro pics, from a trek to Pakshipathalam in Brahmagiri ranges, taken with the 180 macro EF-L lens.

The first pic is of an insect which has this unique talent of walking in the water! Am not sure what its really called, but let me call it a floater! The pic is taken @ Av mode f/3.5, the widest I can have. In hindsight, I didnt get the whole creature focused and a thinner aperture may have made sense. On the other side, 1/50s with that heavy lens is already bordering on a shaky picture :(

For the second pic, I actually wanted the edge of the leaves to go blurry and f/3.5 was an obvious choice, though I had enough light to play with. For the 3rd and 4th pics, I chose f/8 and still had decent light for 1/100s and 1/500s each.