Rodney Campbell's Blog

On The Sly

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR @ 600 mm, 1/500 sec at f/6.3, ISO 1000

Mochi Dog

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.8 S @ 85 mm, 1/100 sec at f/1.8, ISO 90

A portrait of our dog with the fabulous Z 85/1.8 wide open

Getting a dog to stay still long enough to shoot with razor thin depth of field is another matter 🙂

Capped

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S @ 105 mm, 1/160 sec at f/3.5, ISO 64 x 20 Frames

A lonesome single shroom appeared in our lawn one nice overcast day. Time to get out the new Nikkor Z 105mm macro. I also decided to use the Z7’s built in focus stacking mode (for the very first time :))

This was shot with 20 focus stacked frames. Starting at the front (nearest) edge of the delicate little fungi

I shot the frames at f/3.5 for a quick drop off in depth of field so I’d get a lovely bokeh blur for the background

In comparison the other image is a single frame taken at f/16. To get enough depth of field to cover the whole fungi. But as you can see the foreground and background especially is much less pleasing

Unstacked

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S @ 105 mm, 1/8 sec at f/16, ISO 64

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

On Your Mark

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR @ 600 mm, 1/100 sec at f/8, ISO 250

The Predator

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR @ 560 mm, 1/3200 sec at f/6.3, ISO 1600

Out tiny “predator” stalking through the grass 🙂

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