Tag: macro

Sun Dance

Up until recently, I have captured the images for the 100 Day Project using my AF-S Nikkor 35 f/1.8 lens. I rented a macro lens hoping to capture some juvenile amphibians in the vernal pools during my hike in the Sourlands. I wanted to learn how to use the lens. This morning and this afternoon, I bent over a patch of crocus growing in the yard and capture some images. I found out that I might have to show at small apertures and ISO 400 and maybe use a flash. The DOF of a macro lens is very narrow, so a small aperture helps. However, smaller apertures mean less light enters the sensor. Shooting at higher ISO and using a flash helps.

This was one of my favourites from the set. You can find the rest on Flickr.

March 22, 2011 - Remember ...

I shoot so often with my 35mm f/1.8 DX Nikkor (52mm FX equivalent) that I had forgotten that I had another lens. While using Flipboard to flip through the Flickr stream of my contacts ( and aptly named app - oh oh, the puns are flowing ) I suddenly realised I had not done any macro shots in a while. I don't have a dedicated macro lens but I do have a Nikkor 18-55mm VR lens that I bought to replace my kits lens. It was around 6 PM and I had just arrived home from work. I had not taken the camera out all day. I swapped lenses and photographed the first thing that caught my eye. I had photographed these last week with the 35mm. To add a little difference to the photos I processed this one as a HDR from a single RAW image.

Software : Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, Photomatix Pro