I wasn't trying to have the dog do this, but he decided he would get in my shot and sniff the sunflowers. =]
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Funny how dogs will "help" you when you are concentrating on some close object like this. If it is that interesting to you, it has to be fascinating! When we had our little dog years ago, I often had to clean dog-bleah off the closeup rings during photo sessions for "belly flowers". Boy has my gear changed since then! M
After looking and handling a lot I settled on Nikon. The button ergonomics worked best for my hand size, reach, instincts, etc. I knew I was replacing EVERYTHING, so Olympus fell by the wayside. Sigh. All the wonderful old glass - I really can't use it anymore. Except my 400 on manual, but that is very tough.
So because I wanted a full size sensor and a professional feel, I settled on a D90 with a 18-105 Nikkor. I wanted to see how stuff worked before getting big $$ into lenses. Next up was a Tamron 200-500, which is pretty good generally except at the very top end the crispness drops off, but then 500 is a reach anyway. And critters can move a lot in a frame at that distance during a shutter drop. I was prepared for a little less crispness at extreme range after reading reviews, and found the price for the quality surprisingly good! I wanted to come close to replacing my very favorite Vivitar 135 macro your dad helped me find eons ago. The best I could find so far is a 180 macro Tamron. It has pluses and minuses. It is a heavy lens so a tripod is really a must. Sharpness is excellent.
Last summer I rounded it out with a second D90 body and the lens I should have gotten at first an 18-200 Nikkor which has become my go-to lens for standard use. Most of these have image stabilization, all are autofocus, of course. I have picked up a few essential filters.
I have a ways to go to convert my brain from manual everything calibrated to Kodachrome 64 to digital/auto everything with the need to recalibrate my brain to what digital does with light, especially contrasty light. Steep learning curve, but at least the basics of a good photo are still the same.
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Funny how dogs will "help" you when you are concentrating on some close object like this. If it is that interesting to you, it has to be fascinating! When we had our little dog years ago, I often had to clean dog-bleah off the closeup rings during photo sessions for "belly flowers". Boy has my gear changed since then! M
Right after I took this I shooed him off and then decided it was cute and wanted him to do it again....like that was going to happen.....
Whats your gear like now?
After looking and handling a lot I settled on Nikon. The button ergonomics worked best for my hand size, reach, instincts, etc. I knew I was replacing EVERYTHING, so Olympus fell by the wayside. Sigh. All the wonderful old glass - I really can't use it anymore. Except my 400 on manual, but that is very tough.
So because I wanted a full size sensor and a professional feel, I settled on a D90 with a 18-105 Nikkor. I wanted to see how stuff worked before getting big $$ into lenses. Next up was a Tamron 200-500, which is pretty good generally except at the very top end the crispness drops off, but then 500 is a reach anyway. And critters can move a lot in a frame at that distance during a shutter drop. I was prepared for a little less crispness at extreme range after reading reviews, and found the price for the quality surprisingly good! I wanted to come close to replacing my very favorite Vivitar 135 macro your dad helped me find eons ago. The best I could find so far is a 180 macro Tamron. It has pluses and minuses. It is a heavy lens so a tripod is really a must. Sharpness is excellent.
Last summer I rounded it out with a second D90 body and the lens I should have gotten at first an 18-200 Nikkor which has become my go-to lens for standard use. Most of these have image stabilization, all are autofocus, of course. I have picked up a few essential filters.
I have a ways to go to convert my brain from manual everything calibrated to Kodachrome 64 to digital/auto everything with the need to recalibrate my brain to what digital does with light, especially contrasty light. Steep learning curve, but at least the basics of a good photo are still the same.
Whew. You asked!
M
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