Featured image: Dahlia in full flame-on at Draper Girls Farm in Parkdale, Oregon. I added a little Photoshop PFM to enhance.
Within the last few years, I have begun learning the ins and outs of macro photography. I don’t have one of those lenses that can be used to count the hairs on a dust mite, but I can get up close and personal with flowers. It all started when I bought a 90mm Vivitar Macro lens from Blue Moon Camera at the owner’s suggestion. Jake said that it was an outstanding lens, despite the Vivitar branding. It turned out he was right. I used that one for a couple years until I accidentally left a camera bag on the back of my car and drove off. Now, it sits on my bookshelf as a reminder to never do that again. Now, I have two lenses: A 90mm Tamron Macro, and a 24-85mm Nikon. Both do a decent job, but the Tamron, surprisingly, is the superior lens for macro work. I took the featured image for this post with that lens.
The image above was taken with the Tamron. I like the bokeh that I get with this lens. It’s creamy and lush.
As mentioned before, that picture (and the dahlia picture further down) was taken at Draper Girls Farm near Parkdale. If you live in the vicinity, stop by. Bring your camera. They don’t mind. Buy some fruit too.
I took the next image with my Hasselblad. The Carl Zeiss lenses always shine in the bokeh department.
You may have noticed a Balsamroot theme in this post. Well, I like ’em.
I apparently like Dahlias too.
Technical Data:
Flower Power, Draper Girls Farm, Parkadle
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: 90mm Tamron Macro
Balsamroot Flowers, Rowena, Oregon, Spring 2018
Camera: Hasselblad 500CM
Lens: 120mm Carl Zeiss
Film: Fuji Velvia 100.
Balsamroot Flower, Tom McClall Preserve, Oregon
Camera: Nikon D810
Lens: 28-85mm Nikon
Red Dahlia
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: 90mm Tamron Macro
