Friday 13 January 2012

The new lens

I have been putting my new Macro lens through its paces.

Seed caught on a Blueberry twig

Using it is going to take some getting to grips with, but I think I'm going to love it. What it means is that I have absolutely no excuse any more for saying "But there's nothing to photograph...", because even the smallest objects are now within scope - as witness this little "Still Life". It's a piece of moss, a couple of pine-needles, a seed, even a whisp of cobweb - just a tiny piece of debris resting on the cover of my water-butt.

"Still Life with pine-needles"

Here is a patch of moss growing at the base of my Bronze Maple tree. You can see the individual seed-heads, each one just a few millimetres tall.


If you thought that was detailed, let me zoom-in a bit for you. Notice the tiny little grey louse in the centre of the photo!


Here are some early bulbs pushing through the soil - these ones are Crocuses:

Crocus


Crocus

This is a dried-up seedhead of the Cornus Sanguinea "Midwinter Fire":


And this is just a rather scruffy seedhead from the Bronze Fennel:


This photo of a Ladybird lets us see in detail how the netting amonsgt which it is resting has been knitted:



The only difficulty I can foresee with this lens is knowing when to stop...


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For those of you who don't already know this, my camera is an Olympus E-450 Digital SLR, and this new lens is the Zuiko Digital 35mm f3.5 Macro lens.

17 comments:

  1. I bet you haven't published half of what you took. Have fun with your new toy!

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  2. I love the picture of the moss! (not sure I needed to get close enough to see the louse though, lol).

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  3. Goodness me Mark, we are in for a treat! Puts my little Digital Sony 'thing' to shame.

    Fabulous, I love the ladybird.

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  4. Great macro, I love the last photo.

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  5. I still have to play about with my macro lens but you seem to be getting to know yours really well.

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  6. Macro photography is totally addictive, isn't it? It's fascinating to be able to see all the tiny stuff that you miss with the naked eye - I think you've done really well to restrict yourself to publishing just these few images!

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  7. Brilliant Mark, what a treat to get so close and personal with all this wonderful nature. It's been many years since I've seen a crocus...sigh...

    I love all the photo's and was about to ask you what camera you use (again). I know I'd asked this question before but couldn't find the relevant post so thank you for including the details.

    I can see you'll have hours of fun with this lens...enjoy! ;D

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  8. I particularly like the crocus shot. Also do you take requests? If so more insects please. Having said that not too many as I'm jealous enough of your macro lens as it is.....

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  9. The results look great, fantastic detail!

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  10. Yes, the macro mode discovers what our eyes cannot see... often really surprisingly fantastic.

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  11. What Fun! Enjoy your new tool!

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  12. Great shots Mark, try to find some different lichens, they are fascinating.

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  13. Beautiful pictures. Thank you for listing the specs of your camera. I think I know what I'll get myself the next time I go camera shopping.

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  14. Great photos! Really like the lady bird.

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