During the last few days, I managed to buy a new lens for my Nikon D750, a Nikon 105mm "Micro" f/2.8 AF-S VR IF-ED. It is a stunning macro lens (although the name says Micro) with overkilling capabilities.
As time was against me during the past couple of days, and for this reason, my lower activity around here, I did manage to get it out for a short period of time to test it. Here are some photographs I want to share with you taken by me with this lens.
All the images were captured in RAW and with the camera handheld. I had no tripod with me as I was to a friend house (and garden) for a photography session. I took the advantage of being there and observing a few 'subjects' to photograph
The above photographs are tiny branches cut, around half a centimetre in diameter. Zoomed in, at 100% percent, the image would look like this:
Although the image looks stunning, we can see slightly imperfection for the simple fact that I did not use a tripod. The VR (vibrance reduction) is extremely good on this lens and it has "two levels" as I observed, not marked on the lens itself.
The standard VR which stabilises the image and the "macro VR", are some sort of micro-stabilisations when you press the focus button of your camera. It is a super useful function, otherways without it, much more difficult to obtain such images handheld.
One other thing I observed with this lens but applies probably to any other macro lens is that although I was using a shutter speed of 1/100, which is quite fast and reliable to handheld shots, on this macro-level appears to be insufficient. I would probably recommend a shutter speed of 1/250 or even faster to reduce motion in images if you intend to capture handheld.
...And because it's a macro shot, the aperture has to be on small values, such as f/12-f/16 other ways the depth of field will be too shallow and the foreground with background blur will squeeze the focus point to a super small area of focusing.
Because of this, it would be difficult to take any macro images with ISO100, even in broad daylight. Yes, on many images, I had to raise up the ISO to even 4000 and beyond to have this shutter speed. Of course, the lighting wasn't to my advantage, but I'll take it!
But having such a macro lens does not mean utilising it to its maximum capabilities all the time. It is a good practice to experiment with it and capture the desired subject depending on the scene, and of course, the subject, on different distances.
Yes, here in the UK, nature starts to flourish. I can't wait to use it during the summer to capture small insects and more of nature. I would be hugging this lens all the time!
The lens is really sharp, unexpectedly, and for about £430 second-hand, which came in perfect condition, I am already in love with it. It was like buying a new lens, and never regret it!
That would be all the photographs I have until now. I had very little time in the last couple of days to be active around here or to go and photograph, but I am preparing for a new way of life that would allow me to be pretty much exclusive around here, with a lot of free time.
Oh wait, I found one more image. "Diamond paintings"
Thank you everyone for all your support. Without you, I would be never so ambitious as I am now and to regain my passion for photography and travel. You made it all possible!
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This post is an original article I wrote and published ONLY on this platform. All the photographs are originally taken by me.
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