I’ve been meaning to test my new macro lens for a while now. The dusty weather last week didn’t help with shooting flowers. I want my first flower post to be from our garden. I took a couple of test shots, of flower petals and an ugly fly, holding the camera by hand. The results were fantastic.
However having read a bit more about macro photography, I now realise that because you’re so close to the subject, the smaller apertures give better results. This means the shutter will slow down and you need a tripod. I will get round to it when the weather is a little less brutal.
Cicking the header photo will take you to a generously large version to illustrate the detail possible. For scale, consider that one of those metal-framed reels has a diameter of a medium coin.
Inside the house, in the wonderful but fake cold air, I took my time to set up… and yes I did use a tripod. The colours and textures offered a couple of hours of fun. It was either the sewing kit or the colour pencils. I’ll do the latter another time.
I thought of three titles for this post: String Theory (a bit square – I know), A String of Errors and (cringe) Stringfella. But I went with my wife’s better suggestion.
I hope you enjoy the colours and images. This lens has certainly opened a new door for me.
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I love macrophotography – the detail, the isolation of the subject to all else. Can’t wait to see more.
The detail… absolutely.
I will post more as soon as I take them 🙂
lovely colors and great pics!
mabrouk
Allah ybarik feek.
Macro Photography is probably my most enjoyable photography! I just need a whitebox or an area to use as the background, I have too much stuff and clutter all over the place!
Mabrook on the Macro Lens!
I need white-box too… or at least a soft-box of some sort…
Allah ybarik feek 🙂
I love these pictures! No offense but I’m glad you went with your wife’s title suggestion 😛 but personally ‘String Theory’ was cool too
Btw is it the 105mm Nikon Macro? Mabrook and hope you can go outdoors soon for some real macro action 🙂
LOL… Yes. Can’t wait for some outdoor time… Weather not helping.
Waw! Love it!
Thank you 🙂
Great pics!!! mabrook 3ala lens!
Thanks. Allah ybarik feek.
Fantastic! Nice color and texture! Your wife must be a quilter…
nice pics, would be good advert for PINK
WOW!!!! beauyiful mashallah n mind blowing 🙂
love ur job
I echo Polar Panda – when I see all those threat colors, I think quilter!
She would respectfully point out how new these threads look. We bought them in 2004 🙂
Beautiful!!
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