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The pics were taken at the Rockhampton botanical gardens. I think the garden dates back over 100 years or so. It's a good family day out and costs nothing. There's also a zoo there.
Thank you for the info, next time when I drive north I will have a look the place
Kangaroo Paw
Anigizanthos "Bush Spark"
Nikon D200
1/500s f/5.0 at 70.0mm iso400
21/09/09
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...009/09/584.jpg
This is the first flower of this specie in our garden. It is about 1 inch in diameter.
Perhaps was the most dificult shot to take in my full grevilleas collection because the bush is very dense and I was not prepared to cut the flower.
Was a long wait to have some light between the folliage to get a decent light on the bloom and the setting of the tripod an camera was not easy as well (10'from the ground.
It was impossible to use a difuser in this case :(
This is my best image of the flower and I appreciate your inputs.
I used the Nikon D300s with the combo Nikon 70-300VR and the 6T.
SS 1/20 sec aperture f/25, Focal @ 210mm, ISO 200
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...010/05/183.jpg
there is not one of your pics that I wouldnt be proud to lay claim to, love3ly pic, not that I have an expert eye, I never look at a pic for technical perfection but for the pleasure of my eye.
cheers
blaze
the 6t you use, does that screw onto the front of lens, can you still buy such a thing. Is it like those close up lens that come in sets
cheers
blaze
The 6T is a screw on Nikon closeup lens. It hasn't been available for sometime but very occasionally one will come up on ebay or somewhere.
The only equivalent is the Canon 500D closeup lens - there are others but they aren't as optically good. These are expensive in Australia but a lot cheaper if bought from overseas.
I carry one when travelling rather than the macro lens.
Also heis diopters work well in lens 100mm and over and help if they heve good optics
The Nikon 300mm f/4 is a fantastic combination with the Nikon and Canon diopters and also you can use extetion tubes to get closer to the subject.
Be very careful, it is addictive :D
I use mine on the 70-200 f/2.8 and on my 24-70 f/2.8 at 70mm.
On the 70-200 it works a treat and focus is at around 500mm, on the 24-70 it is really on useful at 70mm as you'd expect, but this is a very close focusing lens (29cm) anyway and so you get even closer.
A 500D close-up lens is well worth it if you want to try your hand at it. I had mine for about 6 months before I bought a Macro lens.