I have a Tamron 150-600 lens which I simultaneously love and hate. It is the perfect long reach, hand-held lens and it captures great images. But it breaks too frequently. The number one culprit is the zoom lock feature. It is a cheap plastic lock that breaks and renders the focal length immovable. It has been broken for months, and today, before I sent it back to Tamron once again, I decided to see if I could get it unstuck. I was lucky, and it freed up.

Of course, that meant that I had to test it. This Swallowtail Butterfly happily obliged. I have many butterfly images, but this is the first I have captured with one just taking off from a flower. I thought it was cool.
Shoot Date: September 15, 2018
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Manual ¹⁄₂₀₀₀ sec at f/8.0 0 EV
Lens: TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD A011 @ 600 mm
ISO: 2500