Category Archives: macro

Velvety

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In The Yard – ITY76

I probably should have avoided the web during the holiday sale season. As I looked more into photographer Anne Belmont (see To Aspire post), I found she had a discount code at Lensbaby. Combine that with a sale and I end up buying a lens. Now I am really looking forward to Spring and the possibilities for my floral macros.

I went with the Velvet 85mm lens. On the website it is listed as a portrait lens (which is what an 85mm lens is typically used for) but after seeing the images this lens can produce as a macro lens, I’m excited. It arrived on Saturday, late in the day, but I quickly attached it to my camera and ran outside. The little flower by my patio was still there, and even though I was losing the light I captured this image.

Velvety
Nikon Z6 II, Lensbaby Velvet 85mm f/1.8, 1/60s, f/5.6, ISO 1600

The lens is manual focus, which is OK with me, I won’t be in any hurry with my macros. It will force me to slow down, but that will help me to be more deliberate with my images. I still have most of this week off from work and I’m seriously considering a drive up to Atlanta to visit the botanical garden. I’m pretty sure they have buildings to explore…

Show Your Light

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Squared – SQ202
Silent Sunday
Columbus Botanical Garden

Show Your Light
Nikon Z6 II, Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S, 1/250s, f/5.6, ISO 100

Don’t Hide

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In The Yard – ITY75
Wordless Wednesday

Don’t Hide
Nikon Z6 II, Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S, 1/640s, f/3.3, ISO 100

To Aspire

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Callaway Resort & Gardens

Although I have enjoyed my recent series of flowers past their prime, I haven’t forgotten about color. Also, I rediscovered a photographer I have looked to for inspiration with my floral photography. Maybe some of this is due to the dreary weather of late… maybe.

If you are looking for incredible images of flowers I invite you to look to Anne Belmont. She is a photographer in Chicago who is a Lensbaby Trailblazer. I can get lost in her image galleries. I’m now looking forward to March next year when I’ll be able see if any of this inspiration has rubbed off on me.

Until then, I processed a few images from Callaway Gardens earlier this year…

Your Soft Caress
Nikon Z6 II, Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S, 1/1250s, f/3.5, ISO 100

Eccentricity
Nikon Z6 II, Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S, 1/1000s, f/5.6, ISO 400

Don’t Push Me Away

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Columbus Botanical Garden

Don’t Push Me Away
Nikon Z6 II, Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S, 1/125s, f/8, ISO 140

Keep Me Close

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Silent Sunday
Columbus Botanical Garden

Keep Me Close
Nikon Z6 II, Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S, 1/125s, f/5.6, ISO 450