I thought that I would share some of my early experience with my D2x and closeup photos. I have seen much on the macro board, but less here on the nikon board. It seems that there are many options for closeup photos, extendors, bellows, diopters, macro lenses etc. The short of it is that I was confused. Perhaps someone else out there might benefit my learning experience. So here it is my first day (hours) of field testing. and some pics in a more laboratory setting. The pics speak a thousand words. Hopefully the file sizes are big enough to show what is obvious to me.
Here goes:
First pic hand held w/ 70-200 iso 400 aper priority viewed at 100%.
next pic 70-200 w/ 1.4 ETele, Cannon 500 D "filter" full frame of dragonfly hand held
next pic same pic as above but with view at 100% of head of dragonfly
next Nik 200 macro on tripod
next Nik 200 macro on tripod
next butterfly wing on tripod 70-200 1.4ETele, Cannon 500D F14, as close as will focus
last butterfly wing, tripod, 200 macro F16, at close focus
of note is that the dragonfly pics were taken w/ camera pointed at bug with arms out straight!
Well...no comments!
I was impressed at just how well the NIk 70-200 w/ 1.4T and Cannon 500D ("filter") performed as compared to the Nikon 200 macro. It seems they both have their own role, the zoom for the flexibility of not carrying around an extra lens and the 200 macro for more working distance.
Perhaps some one can answer one for me, what are the "tricks" to shooting dragonflies in flight?
Thanks for the posting the images. Lately I myself have been doing some experiments with D2X, but macro I am still using my F100 and fuji velvia. I will have to try D2X, after seeing your images now I am inspired to do my own !
John,
Nice to hear your comments...I agree entirely!
It ain't the size of your sensor. I am a believer in the number of pixels, quality of the pixels, and light sensitivity.
Maybe in the future we can post pics of butterfly wing closeups, rather that brick walls or trains (no offense to Jack). .
David
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