Recently I polled fellow photographers who don’t already own a macro len. Most would agree that “having a macro len may help them to nail that detail shoot”. Detail shoots refers to photos such as the lovely rings that fills the whole frame (not that the rings or encrusted diamonds are getting samller in this current economic downturn)!
My first encounter with using a macro len was a borrowed Tamron 90mm Macro some years back. Good as its review was, I didn’t like it as it “hunt” too much. Little did I know that macro is usually used in manual mode and that the depth of field is often so shallow, most of the time you got to dial up your f stop.
Being wiser this time, I rented a Nikon 105mm macro and had some fun. Here’s some photos.
My Seiko watch taken in a controlled environment – tripod, reflector and natural light
Pineapple from the supermarket – handheld and natural light
