I took these over the weekend w/ the Nikon D700 and the 200mm f/4 Micro. The small damselflies are just a little bigger than he size of the sewing machine needle. They were very hard (for me) to shoot. All handheld and mainly cropped and resized for posting. I find some noticeable details are lost after converting from NEF to JPEG. Any constructive criticism are appreciated. Thanks
dan
Edited by danjacquitaylo on Aug 25, 2008 at 02:25 PM GMT
Wonderful shades of green! Green is nature and the G is definitely holding up its end of RGB
Hey Dan, did you have a grip on the D700? The 200mm (AF version) balances so well on large bodies that I could used a lot as a short tele lens for other things. I wonder how it balances on a D700 without grip. One of the lenses I wish I still had.
Dan, The Preying Mantis and the Cricket are well done. You could have come a bit more parallel to the Damselfly's body in #1 to utilise the depth of field you had - never mind, its still a picture full of details
Jack White wrote:
Wonderful shades of green! Green is nature and the G is definitely holding up its end of RGB
Hey Dan, did you have a grip on the D700? The 200mm (AF version) balances so well on large bodies that I could used a lot as a short tele lens for other things. I wonder how it balances on a D700 without grip. One of the lenses I wish I still had.
Hi Jack,
I have the grip but I left it on my D300 (not with me at the time). My plan is to use the D300 w/ teles for the extra reach so I tend to leave the grip on the D300 more often. It wasn't so bad without the grip but I think the grip would have helped to balance it better, especially handheld shooting.
Rampai65 wrote:
Dan, The Preying Mantis and the Cricket are well done. You could have come a bit more parallel to the Damselfly's body in #1 to utilise the depth of field you had - never mind, its still a picture full of details
Thank you Ram. I was floored after seeing your pics. It was difficult to keep these damsels just in focus because they are so small and thin plus the wind. I appreciate the suggestion and noted that for my future shots.
Dan
