Rodney Campbell's Blog

After our less than stellar sunrise at North Head we headed into the bushland there on the cliffs looking for macro and details.

Unfortunately I hadn’t brought either my new LED macro ring light nor my flash and macro diffuser so I was somewhat limited on the lighting front for macro work. I opted to take some longer exposures on a tripod in the hopes of getting something half decent of some flowers – which wasn’t easy in the windy conditions on the coast – trying to time a slow shutter inbetween wind gusts was like toying with frustration 🙂

Note: These images (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger – so click any of the images below to see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer.

Nothing much to write home about but here are a couple which turned out ok…

NIKON D7000 + 90.0 mm f/2.8 @ 90 mm, 1/20 sec at f/8, ISO 100

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NIKON D7000 + 90.0 mm f/2.8 @ 90 mm, 1/25 sec at f/11, ISO 100

Not a macro but it was a close focus shot with the ultrawide of some interesting textures covering the ground

NIKON D7000 + 8.0-16.0 mm f/4.5-5.6 @ 8 mm, 1/6 sec at f/9, ISO 100