D300 macros

[snommisbor]

Just shot some of my nano and one of my 75. I'll let you guess which one was from the 75.

D300
Nikkor 105 micro 2.8

 

[snommisbor]

and the rest

 

[fish4lyfe]

nice

 

[snommisbor]

hey fish4lyfe I see you live in Cedar Park that is where I live.

 

[aural]

are you using live view with the zoom in focus feature? That feature alone almost made me upgrade from my D200.

lookin pretty good there

 

[snommisbor]

No I just fire 3 rapid shots hand held and take the sharpest one. I havent even tried that yet.
I need to get my tripod out and put apt. to f 16 or 22 and keep ISO at 100 and shot and see how that turns out. I also want to try painting with light on those long exposures.

 

[zibba]

Just because the d300 can - you should try shooting at a higher ISO than 100. If you're using a tripod with the 105 vr - try turning off vr, iso 400+, f36+ with your pumps off. You'll be amazed!

Note - the f36 probably won't go over well with your fish shots, but for your corals it will give you some great depth.

Post more pics!

 

[snommisbor]

I have the non VR 105 which I like much better. Actually all of these photos were taken with auto iso to bump up to maintain a 1/100 shutter. noise up 1/1600 is pretty awesome after that the NR just smooths it out so soft I dont really like it. I may try playing with it tonight and shoot some, may even try my 50mm 1.8. It is a really sharp lens

 

[zibba]

I want to pick up that 50 mm 1.8. If you do get a chance, would you mind posting some shots with that lens?

 

[snommisbor]

Well here are some more from tonight on my tripod at f22 and my 105macro. I was about an inch from the glass.

Zibba I will try to get some with the 50 mm

 

[BlueSohal]

Very nice close-up shots.

 

[gus055]

The tripod shots are great, very sharp.

You should get that camera set up for underwater shooting.