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Gear Talk => Lens Talk => Topic started by: Michael Erlewine on September 22, 2015, 21:11:04
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Certainly, the common Aster is an incredible subject for close-up photography. I make this post to show something as to how three different lenses each have a different draw or take on images. And they are very predictable. I am not shooting the same subject in the same pose because I never do that with different lenses. Each has its own qualities and each suggests that I shoot differently.
So, here are the Zeiss 55mm APO, the CRT-Nikkor, and the El Nikkor 105mm APO lenses. I offer two images for each, so look underneath the image for the image name.
Of course, I like them all, but for Asters, I prefer the El Nikkor 105mm APO, which continues to be a terrific lens for anything with various levels of detail. Which lens do you prefer? All taken with the Nikon D810 and Zerene Stacker.
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I find the CRT-Nikkor most pleasing in these shots.
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El Nikkor APO because of the great masses of detail.
But all 3 lenses have produced excellent results.
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El Nikkor APO because of the great masses of detail.
The El Nikkor APO 105mm, not to be confused with any of the non-APO El Nikkors, is not a fast lens (at f/5.6), but it gives an almost 3D effect as used here, wide-open, and stacked. It sits on a PB-4 Nikon Bellows with a 12mm extension on the end of the bellows to allow a camera like the D810 to attach. Then, the front standard is fixed with the lens, while the back standard with the camera moves.
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I personally prefer a more subjective, painterly approach currently....
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5819/20820800028_0b13e5f1f2_o.jpg)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5725/20774133612_39038a713e_o.jpg)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5710/20160947864_7f92c31b07_o.jpg)
to try and make the essence of a flowervisible, as I see it....
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Very nice images Michael, Impossible to pick one or compare them as it completely depends on what you want feeling or emotion you want to convey.
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A flower can be approached in countless ways when we try to make a photographic record of it. I am pleased to see the various manners this can be done and the different moods induced from these.
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Of course, I like them all, but for Asters, I prefer the El Nikkor 105mm APO, which continues to be a terrific lens for anything with various levels of detail. Which lens do you prefer? All taken with the Nikon D810 and Zerene Stacker.
I prefer by a wide margin the third and last image. The third image reminds me of a painting in that the main subject is fully in focus. The human eye and brain do focus stacking. It's just that way. The painter normally doesn't see as a single photographic image when painting objects close at hand.
I really like the third photograph!
Dave