I will be leaving Cairns for NZ on Sunday so it seemed appropriate to post a shot looking along the esplanade toward the marina in late afternoon light (the Jobs' superyacht still there I see)
After quite a break from using my MF glass I was inspired by Ronnie to have a go.
I went to extremes and used the 105 2.5 with a full set of Vivitar tubes plus a 52.5mm PN 11 on the D500. This flower is about the size of a nickel and I only saw thw bug in Lr.
cadman342001 wrote:
Sorry, didn't mean to be critical, I hope you took it in the way it was intended.
Much better light in this isn't it. It does take a while to get back into macro shooting doesn't it and yes, slim pickings perhaps in off season in Sweden, not a problem as much here in the Tropics but still get lots more bugs in the summer / Monsoon Season.
I always just put the lens at minimum focus and move the camera backwards and forwards for focusing.
I mentioned it because the way they hold their wings is very distinctive. Says in the link that they are widespread worldwide although much more common in the Tropical / sub-tropical regions of the globe.
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I was joking.. i know exactly what you mean Andy
Oosty wrote:
After quite a break from using my MF glass I was inspired by Ronnie to have a go.
I went to extremes and used the 105 2.5 with a full set of Vivitar tubes plus a 52.5mm PN 11 on the D500. This flower is about the size of a nickel and I only saw thw bug in Lr.
In Michigan they taste a bit like asparagus - best grilled. Binna Burra was like nothing I had experienced before. Animals had no fear of humans. I literally chased a ridiculously cute Pademelon out of my tent - who then posed for a night photo while I messed about with a flash.
James Markus wrote:
The stigma & stamen of a lily in a 17 image focus stack. 5DS-R, PB-4 bellows, micro-Nikkor 105mm f4 ais. Had to cut the vignette off by cropping a bit.
GroWeb wrote:
Here's a bit more late summer vegetation from the 55 f/2.8 Micro Ai-s on Fuji X-T4 with Lens Turbo II at Forbidden Plateau on September 2.
Seems that you got a good LT2 also. I got mine right after announcement and it had more than one QA card in the box. I think mine is stellar. It’s almost too nice, any flaws my Nikon glass has, the LT2 doesn’t hide them.
Ponte Santa Trinita ca 1569, Florence. Four statutes representing the seasons were added in 1608 to celebrate a Medici wedding.
The bridge was rebuilt in 1958 from largely original materials recovered from the Arno after being destroyed by the retreating German army, August 1944.
Thank you Leighton. I haven't been out much since late July when I shot this. I think I posted the uncropped IR conversion about that time, but I wasn't happy with it. I visited this subject with the 5D as well about a year ago. My thoughts when I come upon this bench are usually - "who decided to put that bench there?". Yeah, it is a picturesque spot, but it always seems to be very hot - and a shady spot would make better sense. Processing this time involved a crop, a duplicate layer with multiply blending and a reduced opacity. Then a 33% erasure of that layer near the bench and up towards the upper right corner where the sun is located. It is the way I see the bench in my mind - exposed, hot, baking in the sun. It does face a lake which you could not see the last few years due to the growth along the shore. Soon after this was taken the park service sent in some giant weed wacker and reduced many of the plants, shrubs, and even trees to large splintered wood chunks.
leighton w wrote:
I'm loving the light in this one Jim. Not sure how much post work you did, but it's just right.
Last week I went to the Colt Collectors show in Scottsdale and had a great time. I met up with Tom Hussy a professional photographer who among other cameras shoots two Z9s. He let me play with one.
First ! It is huge and one nice feature is the horizontal grip is identical to the vertical grip. No need to turn your hands sideways just hold it with its grip vertical and look for the shutter release and command dial.
He had a Nikon Nikkor Z 24-70mm F2.8 S hooked up to it and that’s his every day lens.
I really like the grip but it’s too big a camera for me.
