Another reverse lens/freelensing here;
I bought a new lens this week. It should be here in the next few days so will be uploading some new photos soon!!
Below is a photo of our regular bird we're feeding at the moment. It's become pretty tame over the past few weeks as we feed it/ give it food for it's chicks. No longer scared of the shutter sound either!
Archive for May 2011
Take a bow
Reverse Lens Macro III
Getting more practise with it. When I get my Macro lens later in the year it will be nice to compare the reverse lens to a lens specifically created with macro photography in mind (the micro nikkor 105mm). The lens I usually use for my macro work is the Tamron 70-300 (tend to use it more for the recent wildlife shots). Using the 50mm reversed gives a better quality but extremely hard to focus and currently haven't had bright enough weather to make the aperture narrower (1.8 is giving such a shallow depth of field to be useful).
I'm still having fun and really enjoying the results though!
Reverse Lens Macro II
Some more shots playing around using my 50mm 1.8 backwards to make a macro lens.
Reverse Lens Macro tests
DIY photography linked a video by Destin (see link for his youtube and flickr page) about how to create a simple macro lens with your existing lens' simply by taking it off and holding it backwards. I gave it a go with my 50mm 1.8 and it worked! Need more work on it though but certainly fun!
A few notes - just remember you need to widen your aperture manually and it needs a lot of light! Remember as well to be extra careful with your lens (and camera!) if doing it!
Lisbon Street Art
A couple of shots from the last trip to Lisbon. 50mm (click for full view)
(Above: Some of the tiling/wall art in the underground in Lisbon - panorama compromising of 4 images.
Below: The building just near our hotel. This kind of art is on alot of the derelict buildings)
Below: The building just near our hotel. This kind of art is on alot of the derelict buildings)
Plants and the Bird II
A bit windy here at the moment! Dragging plants and things indoors to shoot. A couple more shots from the Wildlife conservation as well. Tamron 70-300mm
I'm also looking at getting a new lens. After some thought (sports lens or macro). I've decided to go for macro for now. This is the lens I'm looking at;
The 105mm f2.8 Micro Nikkor will be a great choice for me and a good upgrade for my current macro lens. Quite expensive but worth it for the picture quality.
