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50 Years Young

by on Oct.01, 2023, under Photography

50 Years Young

50 Years Young

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S @ 43 mm, 62 sec at f/9, ISO 64

The Opera House is celebrating it’s 50th Birthday

I was meeting Gerry and Melinda for a sunrise shoot at Dawes Point. Someone… cough… slept in…

This is my first frame of the morning. A natural long exposure at 10 minutes to 6AM (a bit over half an hour till sunrise). Right before a huge cruise ship rolled in and blocked the view 🙂

We were promised 70%+ high clouds – which could have been epic had it actually happened. Alas we just had a bunch of lower cloud blocking the far horizon 🙁

Still it was great to get out and shoot a sunrise after having not done so for months. Plus the long breaky catchup with Gerry and Melinda who was visiting Sydney again was worth it

Note: These photographs (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger. To see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer click any of the images.

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The Bug

by on Sep.29, 2023, under Photography

The Bug

The Bug

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S @ 105 mm, 1/200 sec at f/16, ISO 200

More tiny bug goodness with the Cygnustech macro flash diffuser along with the swanky new Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S macro lens

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S @ 105 mm, 1/200 sec at f/20, ISO 200

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S @ 105 mm, 1/200 sec at f/20, ISO 200

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S @ 105 mm, 1/200 sec at f/20, ISO 200

Note: These photographs (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger. To see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer click any of the images.

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Steaks of Light

by on Sep.28, 2023, under Photography

Steaks of Light

Steaks of Light

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 20mm f/1.8 S @ 20 mm, 10 sec at f/1.8, ISO 3200 x 5 Frames

A five frame vertical panorama with the crazy good (for astro) Nikkor Z 20/1.8

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Uninvited Guest

by on Sep.27, 2023, under Photography

Uninvited Guest

Uninvited Guest

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S @ 105 mm, 1/200 sec at f/16, ISO 200

We had an uninvited guest tag along with a bunch of mandarins my parents brought us to eat

A small but beautiful green bug was the perfect opportunity to try out two pieces of new kit I’d recently purchased

The first was the excellent Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S lens. I already owned a macro lens which was one of the first lenses I bought for my Nikon D90 D-SLR 15 years ago. It was the extremely affordable (read cheap) but really quite excellent Tamron SP AF 90mm F/2.8 Di Macro 272E. It was optically excellent but really quite klunky to use and was Nikon F-Mount

The RRP for the new Z mount Nikkor 105 macro is AUD$1800 here in Australia so I wouldn’t normally drop that on what is essentially a single purpose lens that I might rarely use. However I managed to snag it for $1099 during an Amazon Prime sale

The second new piece of kit was a macro flash diffuser – the Cygnustech macro diffuser which is hand made by a local macro photographer here in Australia

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Spotto

by on Sep.26, 2023, under Photography

Spotto

Spotto

DJI Mini 3 Pro FC3582 + 6.7 mm f/1.7 @ 6.72 mm, 1/2500 sec at f/1.7, ISO 130

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