180mm

Dick on Aruba

I may call myself the new proud owner of two new lenses:
1. Nikkor 180mm f/2.8
2. Nikkor 28mm f/2.8

Both are doing really great on my D200, but the 180mm a bit less on my D70. Although my D70 getting old and faulty
(need a replacement very soon), I was hoping they perform as good on the D70 as they do on my D200. Well...no so,
but hereunder the best out of a lot of D70 with 180mm combination.

Next time I will show you the much better D200 with 180mm combination.

Picture # 1 (ISO200)



Picture # 2 (ISO200)



Picture # 3 (ISO200)



Dick.

ShepsMom

Congrats on new lenses! Must be exciting Pictures looks nice a crisp, well done!

Dick on Aruba

ShepsMom wrote:

Congrats on new lenses! Must be exciting Pictures looks nice a crisp, well done!

Thanks Marina.

Harryb

Very nice especially #2. The 180mm is one sweet lens.

Dick on Aruba

Harryb wrote:

Very nice especially #2. The 180mm is one sweet lens.

Yes it is. Thanks Harry.

dbaker1221

congrats Dick!! nothing better than new toys to play with:D

bigpix

Nice capture....... and you have to love new toys.......

Dick on Aruba

dbaker1221 wrote:

congrats Dick!! nothing better than new toys to play with:D

Ric Grupe

Okay...I gotta ask. Why did you choose the 180, Dick? I have no doubt that it's a fine lens...just seems too short for the kind of shots we usually see from you.

Nice pics.:D

Dick on Aruba

Ric Grupe wrote:

Okay...I gotta ask. Why did you choose the 180, Dick? I have no doubt that it's a fine lens...just seems too short for the kind of shots we usually see from you.

Nice pics.:D

Well Ric, it's a valid question.

I have a couple of reasons for both lenses.
180mm prime: I choose this lens for flowers, butterflies, small matters / animals and "expressive" shots.
The lens is fairly fast and have nearly no visible distortion and high detail. Good for some bif's too.

28mm prime: Landscaping / architecture but mainly modelling. 50mm don't cut it the most of the time
for modelling.

Understand that I shoot "other things" long before I start to shoot nature pics. The thing is that a lot of
my work does not agree with the rules and regulations of SmugMug (nudity = nature too!) and other work
I sell away the rights of using the pics (commercial documentary / websites)

I think this will answer your question

Dick

Ric Grupe

Dick on Aruba wrote:

I think this will answer your question

Dick

That it does.

Thanks for taking the time to inform me, Dick.

I've recently been thinking that I should try something other than wildlife myself. The trouble with wildlife is the lack of control (at least for me) that one has. Seems like I'm more or less at the same settings all the time because the situation more or less demands it. I can imagine that many just give up on it (wildlife photography) because of the continual frustration that comes with it.

Of course for me, it's the being there that is at least if not more important than the actual captures.

Dick on Aruba

Ric Grupe wrote:

That it does.

Thanks for taking the time to inform me, Dick.

I've recently been thinking that I should try something other than wildlife myself. The trouble with wildlife is the lack of control (at least for me) that one has. Seems like I'm more or less at the same settings all the time because the situation more or less demands it. I can imagine that many just give up on it (wildlife photography) because of the continual frustration that comes with it.

Of course for me, it's the being there that is at least if not more important than the actual captures.

Your captures are generally really great and (for the viewer) do not suffer any photographers "frustration". Consider that I live on Aruba which is a very small and high populated island. It’s hard for me to imagine how people like you; living in such a great place can become “frustrated”.


It's true that if you shoot a wider range of subjects, your motivations to shoot wildlife will not degrade.


Personally I have the most pleasure (apart from wildlife) with shooting artistic nudity in natural light. Here I'm free as a bird to shoot according to my mood and can play with the captures the way I want. One thing I learn: Shooting this kind of subjects digitally versus film, is a whole other world. You can safely say that I had to learn all over again to get about the same results.

Commercial shooting is much less interesting because the client makes all the decisions and I have limited freedom, but the money is very welcome.

Dick.

Maestro

Congrats! Can't wait to see more from the new lenses.

Dick on Aruba

Maestro wrote:

Congrats! Can't wait to see more from the new lenses.

Thanks Stephen.