Tag: Macro photography

Roses

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Roses by George Eliot

You love the roses – so do I. I wish
The sky would rain down roses, as they rain
From off the shaken bush. Why will it not?
Then all the valley would be pink and white
And soft to tread on. They would fall as light
As feathers, smelling sweet; and it would be
Like sleeping and like waking, all at once!

Rose Soft PinkI added a Hoya Softener(B) filter to my macro lens to give this Rose a dreamy look.

Rose Pink VariegatedThe side morning light on this variegated pink rose I thought was really nice. I love white picket fences. Don’t you?

White RoseThis rose-bush was huge and had big clusters of white roses slightly tinged with pink.

 

I found the majority of Roses in my neighborhood just about done. Is it me or did they have their season early this year?

Nikon Df| AF Nikkor 105mm f/2.8D micro| Hand-held

Hoya Softener(B) filter| Nik Viveza 2| Nik Color Efex Pro 4| CS6

 

 

Spring Colors

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

Spring Whites
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

Spanish LavenderGaillardia Arizona Sun…I think.

Gaillardia Arizona Sun

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

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Rhodedendron Pink

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.

Nikon D700| AF Nikkor 105mm D micro @ f4| 1/1600s| ISO 320| Manual Priority| Matrix Met| Tripod

 

Grass Backlit Macro 1/52

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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.

Nikon D700| Nikkor AF-D 105mm @f/16| 1/125s| ISO400|Aperture Priority| Matrix Metering| Hand-held