Okay, I’m having waaay too much fun with my new 55mm lens. I’ve been working today to compose “in camera” without any cropping — using the constraints of the aspect ratio and the narrow depth of field to define my subject. I’m really enjoying this process. It feels much more intimate — like I have to get closer to my subject and be more deliberate about what I’m framing. It feel less “accidental”, allowing the lens to create the magic.
Nikon D600, Nikon 50mm lens, ISO 500, f/1.8, 1/3200″ exposure
More exploration with the new lens…
Nikon D600, Nikon 50mm lens, ISO 500, f/1.8, 1/800″ exposure
I recently acquired a new lens—a Nikon Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 prime. This is one of the shots taken on its inaugural tour around the house yesterday afternoon just before it started raining. I’m really enjoying the narrow depth of field afforded by the f/1.8 aperture. The bokeh is sweet too!
Aside from my trusty Sigma 105mm macro lens, this is the first prime lens I’ve ever owned. I have several zooms of various reaches, but I look forward to exploring the creative—and constraining—possibilities that the 50mm offers.
Tiny drops of dew dangle from the fringes of Jewel weed leaves down by the brook.
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm lens, ISO 1250, f/3.2, 1/1000″ exposure.
A pair of black-eyed Susans stand alone in a broad field at the Green Mountain Audubon Center in Huntington.
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm lens, ISO 200, f/3, 1/2500″ second exposure.
I see a lot of photos of echinacea on the blogs that I follow here on WordPress, but I think there’s good reason for it! There’s something deeply appealing about these flowers. Perhaps it’s the almost translucent spiky central core, or the way the petals droop. I don’t know, but I love shooting them!
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm lens, ISO 1250, f/14, 1/200″ exposure.
So many times I take photos of the the colorful and detailed fronts of flowers. This time I look underneath as a black ant climbs about in the latticework of Queen Anne’s Lace.
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm lens, ISO 800, f/8, 1/1250″ exposure
Raindrops cling to daylily stamens out by our pond. The pollen has been mostly washed off the anther (the black bits…) but a small amount remains.
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm lens, ISO 1250, f/16, 1/80″ exposure.
John Hadden Photography 