Como Shots

[RogersCG]

Unfortunately I was unable to make the meeting this evening but we did go to the Como Zoo and Conservatory this morning. It was a lovely day...

First real shots with the D300 and 60mm Macro.

Photobucket really takes away from the quality of these shots so these are from Flickr...

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[Redwinger]

WOW those are STUNNING!:biggthumpup:

[Stziegler]

WOW!! :biggthumpup:

[Zibba]

Lovely! Really like the creamy background on the bee shot. Great work Chris.

[Becky]

are you for hire for family Pic's?

[hamdogg08]

What'd we tell you about posting National Geographic desktops as your own work!!!:biggrin:

I really like the bee one with the polin on her face. AWESOME!

[tommyg]

Nice job

[dougers31]

Really Awesome!:biggthumpup:

[Goldpony75]

Stunning! what is the focal range of the 60MM?

[capman]

Looks like the 60 is a very nice sharp lens. Nice photos!

Do they have the giant Victoria waterlilies again this year? Those are really amazingly cool, and also amazingly spiny!

[RogersCG]

Thanks everyone. I am truly blown away at what this camera/lens can do. I've had a D70 for almost 4 years and it is like the training wheels came off with this upgrade.

pspfishlady - PM me what you are looking for. I've done family pics for others and am shooting a wedding in a few weeks. At one point I had hoped to get into doing portraits but it is tough money...

Sean - This is the Nikon 60mm Macro. It is a fixed focal length (only 60mm) so no zoom. This is the lens I have:

http://www.nikonusa.com/Find-Your-Nikon/Product/Camera-Lenses/1987/AF-Micro-NIKKOR-60mm-f/2.8D.html

I believe you purchased the D60. If so, this lens would not autofocus on your camera. You would need the AF-S lens here:

http://www.nikonusa.com/Find-Your-Nikon/Product/Camera-Lenses/2177/AF-S-Micro-NIKKOR-60mm-f/2.8G-ED.html

The AF-S has the silent wave motor in the lens. Additionally it has more features than the one I have. Of course, it costs more too.

capman - Are you talking about the lily pads that are about 3' across or so? If so I did see them but we didn't go over to that side and do any shooting. They did look pretty cool though. Side note, I downloaded LR2 today to process these. I had used the beta of LR1, used the demo until it expired and forgot how much I enjoyed using it. Seems less buggy now and quite a bit more powerful. Looks like a good investment.

Thanks again for all the complements!

[RogersCG]

Here are a couple of more shot with a Nikon 80-200 f/2.8 zoom on the D300 body.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3017/2834809507_2af63faf84_b.jpg
ISO 200, 80-200 @ 200mm, f/2.8, 1/1250 sec, Aperture Priority

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ISO 1600, 80-200 @ 200mm, f/2.8, 1/160 sec, Aperture Priority

You don't normally want to handhold @200mm and 1/160th of a second. I actually pressed the front of the lens against the glass and then pressed my face to the back of the camera body to support the camera/lens as steady as possible. This is a pretty heavy duty (all metal) lens and I had no concerns with the lens or camera being damaged.