New Toy! (lots o' pics)

[SteveT]

Just got a new lens specifically for taking coral shots. Nikkor Micro 105mm 2.8G ED. First lens with professional grade glass. This thing is amazing, by far the best lens I own. Here are some of my first shots with it I took today real quick right after it came in the mail.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Awesome pics!! I have always wanted to take pics like that.

 

[09bumblebee]

Is that second pic an all purple frogspawn?

 

[SteveT]

2nd pic is an all blue hammer I got as a trade from Chad (CRWreef)

 

[CRW Reef]

Wow Steve those are insanely sick pics!!!! That pic of the green/purple hammer tips are sweet!! Also dig the pink and golds, wow they look so amazing up close.

 

[Haddonisreef]

Nice shots!

 

[daveydoodle]

Great shots, great choice in the lens. People can argue about camera bodies (Nikon, Canon, Minolta, etc) but hands down the best glass is the ED glass from Nikon. I shoot several Nikons and my wife is still in the dark ages with Canon . Correct me if I'm wrong but at a 105mm fixed focal you're a 62 mm filter, correct? I have several macro filters (1X,2X,4X, etc) you can play with and they'll blow you away! PM me if you want to borrow some and I'll take them with me next time I run up north. Great shots, great choice.

 

[djkms]

Awesome pics!

 

[ReeferMatt]

Are most of these "top down" in a shallow frag tank? I have been playing with my macro lens but struggle to get good pics of anything further than about 6 inches back from the glass.

 

[djkms]

Top down you say? I really need to pick up this bad boy. Its on my todo list...
http://www.avastmarine.com/ssc/do/product/Top-Down-Porthole

 

[ReeferMatt]

Top down you say? I really need to pick up this bad boy. Its on my todo list...
http://www.avastmarine.com/ssc/do/product/Top-Down-Porthole

That thing is cool, but I would be terrified of dropping my camera in the tank, lol!

 

[SteveT]

Thanks everyone for the comments! That porthole is way cool, defiantly on my list now too. I took all of them top down except the first 3 pics were taken through the glass. Daveydoodle, it is a 62mm. I would love to try some filters some time.

 

[jahmic]

Nice shots. I'm using the Tamron SP 90mm 2.8 macro on my Nikon; I'm definitely happy with the quality of the glass...my only gripe is the fact that the tube extends so much at 1:1 that you get light fall off and lose the faster shutter speed. I'd considered the Nikkor 105mm ED lens...but I couldn't get myself to shell out the cash for it and got a KILLER deal on a lightly used Tamron (Nikon glass sure does hold value well!) Either way...macro can get addicting VERY quickly.

Enjoy the fun! I took a few pics of the polyps on my orange monti digi the other day...pretty amazing being able to see all the details in what appears to be "fuzz" even with your face pressed up against the glass.

 

[ShelbyJK500]

Incredible pics...if only photography wasn't another expensive hobby. I gave my Canon SLR to my mother a couple years ago as I knew she would get much more joy out of it. This makes me miss it.

SO, what the heck paly's are these?? They look phenomenal.

 

[SteveT]

I bought them from Gonzo's last live sale. He had them labeled as reverse space monsters, but I have also heard them called what CRWreef referred to them as; pink and golds.

 

[ShelbyJK500]

I bought them from Gonzo's last live sale. He had them labeled as reverse space monsters, but I have also heard them called what CRWreef referred to them as; pink and golds.

Very cool!! I was thinking pink&golds, but who knows. Awesome either way!