Macro Photography – Page 13 – Circadianreflections Blog

Spring Colors

May 7, 2014May 7, 2014Posted in California, Flowers, Macro Photography, PhotographyTagged Flowers, Gaillardia, Lily, Macro photography, San Jose California Nature Photographer, Spanish Lavender, Spring1 Comment

Butterfly Iris (Moraea iridioides) Thank you Barbara for the ID!xx

All flowers were taken with a rented Nikon Df in the last golden light of day, before the sun slipped behind the Santa Cruz Mountain Range.

Initial thoughts it is so quiet, and very light weight compared to my D700, and D300s. Image quality seems fine, the colors are really nice and seem right on. I didn’t need to correct anything in ACR for this image. Finding the shutter button is a bit challenging now. It’s not where my finger naturally is going due to the smaller size of the body I’m sure.

Spanish Lavender

Gaillardia Arizona Sun…I think.

I’m looking forward to spending time with this camera and trying my favorite lenses on it.

Nikon Df| AF Nikkor 105 mm micro lens | Manual Priority|Hand-held

Rhododendron-Berkeley Botanical Garden

May 6, 2014May 6, 2014Posted in California, Fine Art, Flowers, Macro PhotographyTagged Berkeley Botanical Garden, Flowers, Macro photography, Rhododendron, San Jose California Nature Photographer1 Comment

My friend Dali and I made an impromptu stop at the Berkeley Botanical Garden one morning last month and we found the Rhododendrons in bloom. I was hoping for Butterflies too, alas, no joy there.

It’s a lovely Garden. I hope to go back next year and spend more time wandering around the different regions.

Playing with my macro lens quite a bit this Spring has shown me its limits, and not being able to get closer than a foot has been the biggest disappointment for me.

I could add an extension tube or two, but then I’ll be struggling with Depth of Field issues so, I think I’ll rent a Lens Baby Composer Pro and see if that doesn’t help me make the images I have in my head when shooting flowers.

P52 15/52 Carnivorus Pitcher Plant

April 12, 2014April 12, 2014Posted in California, Flowers, Macro Photography, Photography, TravelTagged Berkley Botanical Garden, Carnivorus Pitcher Plant, Macro photography, San Jose Nature Photographer1 Comment

Nikon D700| AF-D Nikkor 105mm micro| Hand-held| Berkeley Botanical Garden, Berkeley,CA, USA

Grass Backlit Macro 1/52

January 5, 2014January 5, 2014Posted in California, Macro Photography, Nature, PhotographyTagged 2014, Macro photography, Project 52, San Jose Nature Photographer2 Comments

Grass Backlit Macro 1/52, originally uploaded by CircadianReflections Photography.

For the first time I’m going to try to complete a Project 52 this year. Right now I’m leaning toward making my P52 a Themed project focusing on light/lighting using both natural light, and light modifiers but, we’ll see how that goes. It could end up being a little of everything.

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