Unusual Trees

This interesting monochrome image of the arrangement of tree roots has been captured in color and converted to monochrome in photoshop.

This image has been captured with the Nikon 105mm lens, there is a nice review here Nikon, Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED AF-S VR Micro Lens Review of this lens. It is an excellent general purpose lens as well as a very sharp macro lens.

Rainbow Bee-Eater

The Rainbow Bee-Eater has been captured with a very long lens using a Nikon D700 camera.

For image such as this a long lens is essential, also excellent long lens technique is required, preferably with a monopod or Tripod.

There are many long lenses in the Nikon range suitable for this type of image. The lenses generally range from 300mm to 600mm with the longer ones being very expensive.

The range of lenses available in the Nikon range is listed in these Nikon lens reviews with links to detailed information and reviews on each lens.

Soaring Eagle

This soaring eagle was captured with a very long lens. I use Nikon equipment and there are many options for Nikon long lenses.

For many birds, lenses in the range 300mm to 600mm are generally required.

When using long lenses it is good to use some means of long lens support, such as a tripod or monopod. Also in the Nikon lens range there are now manylenses with built in VR which can be a great advantage in stabilising the camera and getting a sharper image.

Flower festivals and Beautiful Images

I love flower festivals, they are a great place to go to get a variety if images.

At flower festivals I generally use a Macro lens or a medium range zoom.

As I use Nikon Equipment I would use one of the following Macro lenses for flowers:

• Nikon, Nikkor 60mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Micro Lens
• Nikon, Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF ED VR AF-S Micro Lens Review

However, if I wanted to try a good zoom then one of the following would produce excellent results:

• Nikon, Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Lens
• Nikon Nikkor 24-120mm f/4.0G ED VR Lens
• Nikon, Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II Lens

The zooms are very flexible and allow a range of images from the flower beds, to closer up images, however the Micro lenses allow you get get extreme close up images.