These photos are great and if you say that you have an old equipment then I really hope that you will be able to get a new one soon as those photos will be fantastic :)
I like to see photos of animals but I suck at this kind of photography and prefer to photograph nature - nothing is moving there and it's easy to focus, lol.
I see that you're good at both types of photography :)
Thank you for sharing and congratulations on your curie vote!
Thanks! The old 7D is pretty slow to focus, especially in the macro range, so it's more an exercise in patience and repetition. Of about 50 butterfly photos, I ended up with a handful of perfectly focused ones. I usually have to lose either the sky or shadow color, too, since the sensor doesn't have much dynamic range. It still gets nice results, but it can be a challenge.