What lens would you have used for this Macro Shot (Page 2): :sm06: :sm24: :sm24: :sm24:...

Diocletian

Dr.Nikon wrote:

Lamiaceae .., I first placed the SD Pro card into ... (show quote)

Chwlo

Sadly I probably would have missed the shot, seeing something so beautiful I would have froze. Those look great to me. Thank you for sharing.

ELNikkor

Awesome shot! A great promotion photo for lens, camera, and photographer. Thanks for including photo data, and the info. that this photo has had minimal post, is from a jpeg, and only 3mp as we see it. I believe so many picture takers rack their cameras up to max for every photo, convinced that "the higher the mp, the higher the quality of the final image". When sent to the web, I always resize down to between 100 and 300 kb, (yes, that's KILOBYTES), and the photos look just fine on the screen..

ramseynet

Stick it up the butt? What?

jbk224 Loc: Long Island, NY

Great shot! You should think about offering this picture to TMZ. I guess even this Geico star takes a vacation. Who would have thought!!!

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

Dr.Nikon wrote:

On location in Hawaii .., Macro shot ,, ok , get out the primes .. 85mm... no wait .. 105mm .. 1.4...1.8... oh wait ..,lets just pull,out the 200-500 5.6 Nikon .. stick it up the buttt of a new D850 ... and give me something I can write home about ...OK .., I did ..and not by using the sweet spot of the lens .. , blasted full,out at 500mm ..distance 10ft ..

In my honest opinion, if you had a Nikon 105 Macro lens, what other shots would you miss cause you did not have the 200-500 attached? My advice is to keep on shooting as you have, there is nothing wrong with your shot. It is very good.
However, if you like to do Macro, I too shoot with a Nikon D500 with the 200-500 lens attached. I do sometimes carry a Sony A77II with a Minolta AF 100 mm micro I got this lens off ebay for about $80.00. I attach this camera and lens unto a spider belt around my waist, (like an old western gun slinger. If I see a micro shot, I very carefully set my Nikon down, unholster my Sony and take the shot.

Rineal Loc: Copake NY

Great shot, unusual composition, wonderful colors!
Richard

leftj Loc: Texas

lamiaceae wrote:

Interesting, such nearly "prime" colors. How did you process to the JPG you actually posted? On full zoom-in it pixelates with remnants! It started at a whopping 52.9MB from a D850! Oh, I see it is a 2.98MB JPG. I don't usually go so small, leave them at 5 - 8 MB from 18 to 25MB RAW original's from my several 14 to 24MP APS-C cameras. I don't get that sort of processing / JPG noise. Why did you?

Yawn

DanielB Loc: San Diego, Ca

Is this truly a Macro or just a close up shot with a zoom lens - I say the latter. Never the less a very nice shot. Love the colors.

Dr.Nikon wrote:

On location in Hawaii .., Macro shot ,, ok , get out the primes .. 85mm... no wait .. 105mm .. 1.4...1.8... oh wait ..,lets just pull,out the 200-500 5.6 Nikon .. stick it up the buttt of a new D850 ... and give me something I can write home about ...OK .., I did ..and not by using the sweet spot of the lens .. , blasted full,out at 500mm ..distance 10ft ..

spraguead Loc: Boston, MA

the 105 would be a good choice, except that moving towards the subject would may caused him to call it quits for the day. You got an awesome shot, be happy!

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Dr.Nikon wrote:

On location in Hawaii .., Macro shot ,, ok , get out the primes .. 85mm... no wait .. 105mm .. 1.4...1.8... oh wait ..,lets just pull,out the 200-500 5.6 Nikon .. stick it up the buttt of a new D850 ... and give me something I can write home about ...OK .., I did ..and not by using the sweet spot of the lens .. , blasted full,out at 500mm ..distance 10ft ..

Nice! You had the right lens for the moment. Those critters are skittish, and move pretty quickly if they feel threatened. Blink, and they're out of frame. So ten feet worked great for that.

I have a 1980 Nikkor 55mm f/2.8 AI-S and a Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 from the 1960s. Neither of them would be appropriate for this scene. I'd want something similar to what you used.

I use Micro 4/3 gear now. My go-to macro lens is a 30mm f/2.8 (60mm FF equivalent). It gets down to about an 18mm wide field of view, great for general copy work and re-photographing slides and negatives, but pretty useless for lizards, insects, and other small animals. Actually, it has the practicality of the 55mm Nikkors, but it focuses a lot closer without a bellows or extension ring. 1:1 on Micro 4/3 is about like 4:1 on full frame...

mas24 Loc: Southern CA

That's a great shot with the zoom lens you used. Colors are deep and rich. We may not have known it was not a macro lens, had you not told us. One photographer I know uses a Tamron 90mm f2.8 macro, with a 1:1 magnification. As sharp as the closeup is from your quality zoom lens. In reality, it is not a 1:1 magnification true macro lens. But kudos to your photo. I could not have done better.

throughrhettseyes Loc: Rowlett, TX

I have a D-500 and use my 200-500mm f5.9 all the time for macro. Other than having to stay back over 4' it is great. At the 1.5 crop factor that would be a 750mm max. You can use tube extenders to get closer too. That lens is so sharp and clear it will surprise you.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

Your photo with its color and composition is outstanding. In this case, a closeup truly hit the mark. If your intent was to produce a high-resolution photo of the Gecko's eye, then a macro lens would be the tool of choice. Nikon makes a 200mm macro lens that is first-class (I wish I had one) and its advantage is its focus distance from the front of the lens to the subject (although the real distance is measured from the sensor inside the camera).

This is important to avoid scaring off critters that you want to photograph. I have a 105mm 1:1 macro and a 60mm 2:1 super macro but I nearly have to touch the subject with the lens to get them in focus. Great for studio not so great when trying to take a picture of a wasp on a plant! I took the camera out yesterday with the 2:1 and I had to get so close that the little bug crawled on to my lens and was walking around.

You are fortunate to live in a tropical paradise that affords you unlimited beauty and exotic creatures so please continue to share your images with us all.

wapiti Loc: round rock, texas

200mm macro