Christmas Tree

Last year was the first year my wife and I put up a Christmas Tree, and the tree and ornaments made for some lovely photos.  The Nikon D700 is just the camera to have around for these shots as the low light capabilities are extraordinary.  This year the tree is up again, but I don’t have a D700 on hand.

A Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of Snapshot Voyager’s readers!

Hasselblad - H in focus

Over the years I have had 3 Hasselblads, the one pictured below being the first one.  All have been 500C/Ms with the interchangeable screen.   When you get a shot right on a ‘Blad, the results are nothing short of stunning.  The Carl Zeiss lenses are excellent and the 6x6 negatives are huge, allowing for amazingly detailed large prints.

I took this shot with the Nikon D2X and a reversed Nikon 24mm f2 Ai-S lens.  The narrow depth of field gives the shot a very artistic feel, yet the ‘H’ is completely sharp (or at least the second half of it is!).

Flower Ultra Macro

Using a reversed wide angle lens with lots of attached extension tubes allows you to get extreme macro results.  I use a reversed Nikon 24mm f2 Ai-S lens, and an M2 and PK-13 extension tubes.  This allows you to get right into the centre of the flower and snap the stamens.  It’s fascinating the details that are revealed, but the exceptionally narrow depth of field means it is hard to get right.