Thursday, January 6, 2011

Week 1 (January 1st - 7th) | Picture 2

I did it. I made myself go outside to use my macro lens in the dead of Winter. I got my awesome macro lens about 6 months ago, and learned very quickly that taking macro pictures is darn hard. So I have mostly been using it as a portrait lens. While it serves that purpose wonderfully, I could have gotten the 85mm 1.4 or the 135mm 2.0 if I just wanted a nice portrait lens. So I am really going to push myself to take more macro shots this year. Here's what I found in our barren yard:



Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: 105mm f/2.8 macro
Aperture: f/3.2
Shutter Speed: 1/320
ISO: 200
Flash: none
Exposure: manual

Boring? Kinda. More interesting than a lens cap? I like to think so. My macro photography needs a lot of work - I took over a hundred pictures and only got 2 keepers. The DOF and my unsteady hands make it a very frustrating type of photography for me. But I will keep at it!

While we are talking about macro photography, I must give a shout out to Michele and Amanda - two personal friends who give me macro inspiration every day. These ladies take some of the most beautiful macro pictures I've ever seen.
Posted by J at 6:57 AM

3 comments:

  1. MicheleJanuary 6, 2011 at 8:43 AM

    Thanks for the shout out Jodi! Great shot!

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  2. AmandaJanuary 6, 2011 at 1:57 PM

    Thanks Jodi! :)

    I really like this shot, the light is lovely! :) I hope to see more soon.

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  3. GlindaJanuary 6, 2011 at 5:14 PM

    I will agree about those two. =D They DO take lovely macros, beyond belief lovely. But I'm thinking you'll be kicking some macro badassedness on this blog!

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