SiMuMe wrote:
Butterfly-at-rest is what I settled on for now. They take the fly part of their name seriously. And they zig and zag as if I'm pointing a gun at them.
A Blue pansy butterfly, showing both sides of the wing. Z50 + AI NIKKOR 135mm f/2.8S for reach.
Great pics of a lovely creature!
I've never seen a butterfly that didn't zig and zag.
pbraymond wrote:
Been awhile since I've had an Nikon MF lens attached to the Z. From this morning, it did not look hopeful at all when I left the house but there was a brief opening that made it worthwhile photographically. 20mm f3.5 AI.
I'm very partial to pictures that artfully show the environs, like this one here. Well done.
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SiMuMe wrote:
Butterfly-at-rest is what I settled on for now. They take the fly part of their name seriously. And they zig and zag as if I'm pointing a gun at them.
A Blue pansy butterfly, showing both sides of the wing. Z50 + AI NIKKOR 135mm f/2.8S for reach.
Beautiful butterfly Siphiwe. Great focus plane on that second shot.
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mjgphotoz wrote:
Ray, these are awesome! Welcome back!
Mary
Thanks Mary. I just need to (1) get outside more even when it does not look hopeful and (2) be less lazy and take out the MFNG instead using the AF zooms. Actually, I need more inspiration to find new subjects and topics.
Couple more that same morning with the 20mm f3.5 AI. Serge, I only wish I had a Z8! That would be great to use, but the added bulk (and to some added extent weight) would mean that I would likely not hike as far or as often fly with it, and it would stay home on most fly-to destinations (we are usually carry-on only travelers). That has saved me a lot of $$$ for now, so far, I've resisted the GAS!
I removed the Nikon D7200 from my microscope without checking the settings. So no raw files, and I had left it in crop mode. So all my framing went kabluey. On the bright side there are lots of keepers anyway, and it at an effective focal length I've never done before - 1872mm
600mm x 1.5x sensor crop x 1.6X modified TC-16A X 1.3X in camera crop = 1872mm
Thanks for the likes and comments, really validated the choice of framing !
During the trip I visited Slope Point which is pretty muc the bottom of the South Island. There is a sign there on the cliffs, it points north and south indicating it is 5140kms to The Equator and 4803kms to The South Pole !
The winds down there are pretty extreme due to a lack of landmass to slow them down on their journey eastwards and have bent the trees over time and are known as The Roaring 40s due to their Latitude. Not to be confused with the Furious Fifties or the Shreiking or Screaming Sixties which are at more southern latitudes.
There are a couple of stands of trees in a field, both obviously planted to shield the farmer's wooden houses, both still there but now abandoned and collapsed. As the gate was open I had a wander round until the farmer and his two sheep dogs approached on his quad bike / 4 wheeler.
We had a chat after I initialled asked if it was ok me wandering around his land and he informed me that no it wasn't but he relented and said it was ok, not to let any tourists see me and to shut the gate when I left. I even let slip that I would return later for an astro shot or two.
This is a 2 shot stitch with the 55/1.2 wide open (for some reason )
but he relented and said it was ok, not to let any tourists see me and to shut the gate when I left. I even let slip that I would return later for an astro shot or two.
