Showcase Nikon 105mm f/4 Micro Nikkor

ISO 400, F16, 1 sec exposure.
Post processing: WB=shady and sharpening=+40, hue=yellow +15



Shot from approximately 20 degree angle.

 

Just poked the color balance on this one a bit since it was overcast.

 

Very nice shots. Particularly some with the insects.

A number of them could do with some sharpening

 

Good eye! I am learning Lightroom and only did some color balancing because of the cloudy day. I will revisit them with sharpening. I am going out tomorrow and hope to catch the bees in the sun.

The main issue I believe is the shallow depth of field with a moving target - if only they would stand still and smile!

 

At least these guys stand still (sort of, the wind was blowing today and the branches were often waving) I need to figure out what plant this was - the berries have these interesting spikes and there is a tiny drop of liquid at the ends They are about 1/3" in diameter.

 

Some milkweed in the Shenandoah:

 

Very nice, I like the bettle most.

Are thoses images all JPEG files?

 

absolutely love the beetle shot, and the last two posts look like they are from another planet! nice job!

 

I am always amazed at how alien our own world can appear to us when we stop to look at it, especially at the micro level.

 

I've got my eye on one of these with a PK-13 tube (so it'll goto 1:1) - how easy/hard to people find it to focus on a non-viewfinder body (since getting a E-PM1 I've relegated my E-P1 to macro duty) ?

 

Impromptu shot, so excuse the paper blemishes and bad lighting  

GH1. No extension tube. Tripod. Aperture unknown. No crop.



100% crop with a slight unsharp mask,

 

nuts on a tree

Greets

Here's another pic from the 105 Nikon macro lens. The wife took this pic today of some nuts hanging from a tree. :happy-084:

Downsampled to fit in the local gallery.

 

Liquid steel ~~~~~~~

I want to call this one "Liquid Steel". My wife is getting some crazy interesting macros with this G5 + Nikon 105 lens combo. This one was taken during a light rain with water running down a "roof chain".

 

Honey bee with pollen all over body

Another from the G5 + Nikon 105 macro:

 

A couple from the weekend (handheld):

 

Wide open... very early morning from a few year back