Nikon

Finally crawled back out to Black Hill park to shoot some proper 2:1-1:1 macro and as best as 400mm (70-200 f/2.8 + 2x teleconverter) can do at minimal focus distance and the first batch of results is quite pleasing! I did miss a great blue heron once again as he […]

Insects of the Black Hill Regional Park, MD

11 Jul, 2017 in All / Photography

Got pretty lucky to spot the little lady last night inside my garage, so I scrambled for my SP90 + 2x TC before letting the poor thing out. Next morning, I might’ve noticed the same one on a leaf outside, but it escaped before I could get any more shots […]

2:1 Ladybug and Spider

1 Jul, 2017 in All / Photography

Story really begins last year when I decided to make the best of 2 free tickets to Firefly by getting a harmless looking, mirrorless setup to take where “no professional cameras are allowed” and capture me some real memories without even trying to suffer using my D5100 in anything but […]

Df Goes to Firefly 2017!

21 Jun, 2017 in All / Photography

Never would I ever dream of getting a 55/1.2 from 1867, but even more so never would I ever imagine getting a silver Df with as little as 620 clicks straight from Japan! Incidentally it may even appear like I got it solely to match my 45/2.8 AI-P and it […]

D to the f – Nikon Df

20 Sep, 2016 in All / Gear Reviews / Photography

Never mind drinking Greenhouse Tavern of their PBR dry once, but this time was for good as they cut the distributor contract since only one or two more people ever ordered it besides myself (and clearly not in the same quantities). Incidentally it was my Df’s first night out, so […]

The VERY Last PBR

20 Sep, 2016 in All / Photography

Really gotta love this old Nikkor 55mm, shots definitely look unique over the plethora of 1.4 and especially 1.8 apertures flooding the market today.

A Few More f/1.2 Snaps

16 Nov, 2015 in All / Photography

Saw this guy while smoking, leaped inside to grab the gear and wham-bam-macro-slam.

Itsy Not So Bitsy Roof Spider

4 Sep, 2015 in All / Photography

I finally managed to collect enough random shots with my 1.2 that really showcase its bokehlicious glory, so I will start and update this post as more new ones roll in.

Nikkor 55mm f/1.2 Gallery

9 Jul, 2015 in All / Photography

So found one of these guys cold and sluggish inside the garage this morning, and 55* really isn’t flight weather for them. Fed it some watered down clover honey, then proceeded to get something out of the encounter for myself with the help of some natural props:

Garage Honey Bee

23 Apr, 2015 in All / Photography

This spring’s goal is to catch a bumblebee or a forest bee in flight (on or off flower as well) while filling 70% of the frame with it. I found an injured one while skating last night and decided to use the opportunity to get some first macro shots of […]

Start of the macro bee project

20 Apr, 2015 in All / Photography