thought i would share some of our macro photography shots

mathjak107 · Post by **mathjak107** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 6:15 am

besides picking on the pp , my wife and i are very avid photographers and when i am not picking on the pp , lol , or with our grand kids we are usually off shooting some where .

we especially like macro photography so i thought i would show ya'all yesterdays work.

new macro shots

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barrett · Post by **barrett** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 7:54 am

math,

What is that insect in shots one and five? And is that pollen on the bee's back?

Great shots! (I still think you should own some gold.

)

mathjak107 · Post by **mathjak107** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 8:48 am

yep that is pollen , as far as insects and flowers i have zero clue as to most of the things i shoot .

i never had an interest in flowers and in fact just the thought i go to gardens is amazing as there was never enough blood and broken bones to hold my attention . photography has changed all that and while i have little clue as to the things i shoot i know when i can make something look purdy ......

Post by **dualstow** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 11:36 am

Gorgeous. Must send these to my ex gf, who has taken up beekeeping.
(Her husband is allergic to stings, so I'm a bit suspicious...)

mathjak107 · Post by **mathjak107** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 11:50 am

dualstow wrote: Gorgeous. Must send these to my ex gf, who has taken up beekeeping.
(Her husband is allergic to stings, so I'm a bit suspicious...)

thanks , we have a section on our website with just bees and bugs . they are my favorite subjects

mathjak107 · Post by **mathjak107** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 11:52 am

Lonestar · Post by **Lonestar** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 3:25 pm

Please tell us what camera and len(s) you are using for those shots. they look great!

mathjak107 · Post by **mathjak107** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 3:43 pm

a nikon d800 and nikon 105mm vr macro lens with the nikon r1c1 macro flash .

i use the macro flash's to basically control the sun light . i shoot in manual and set the camera to the darkness of the back ground i like . then i use the very fast flash's to basically expose the subject and freeze it . flashes are so much faster than the camera so basically i take advantage of two different exposure systems .

but i shoot raw and very flat and blan in camera . all seasoning is done in post processing later on .

i am just interested in getting good solid exposures in camera with as little noise as i can so i expose using the histogram as far to the right as i can recording max signal to noise .

mathjak107 · Post by **mathjak107** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 3:51 pm

wildlife is another favorite of ours . took these saturday at the bronx zoo. this is a nikon d7000 and nikon 18-300mm and a nikon d800 with the nikon 70-200mm f2.8

mathjak107 · Post by **mathjak107** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 3:56 pm

we are headed to savannah ga on sunday to do some photo shoots . never been there but it looks fabulous for photography ..

Post by **craigr** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 5:50 pm

Beautiful shots. Great composition.

mathjak107 · Post by **mathjak107** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 6:49 pm

Thank you

Mountaineer · Post by **Mountaineer** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 7:38 pm

Indeed. Fantastic shots. Great job.

... M

sixdollars · Post by **sixdollars** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 8:28 pm

mathjak107 wrote: wildlife is another favorite of ours . took these saturday at the bronx zoo. this is a nikon d7000 and nikon 18-300mm and a nikon d800 with the nikon 70-200mm f2.8

Really great shots Mathjak! I take it photography is a hobby of yours. Do you do expect to monetize this hobby at all in the future?

sixdollars · Post by **sixdollars** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 8:29 pm

sixdollars wrote:
mathjak107 wrote: wildlife is another favorite of ours . took these saturday at the bronx zoo. this is a nikon d7000 and nikon 18-300mm and a nikon d800 with the nikon 70-200mm f2.8

Really great shots Mathjak! I take it photography is a hobby of yours. Do you expect to monetize this hobby at all in the future?

mathjak107 · Post by **mathjak107** » Tue Sep 08, 2015 3:02 am

it is a passion for my wife and i .

we sell quite a few photo's from our website and do some work once in a while for some business's websites .

the bad thing about both of us being in to it is we have to buy 2 of everything .

the other problem is we have no adult supervision .

when we both had jobs there was no one to say nooooo don't buy that . we are a little more disciplined in retirement but we were so bad together prior .

it wasn't a normal situation where a wife would say if you dare buy that 2,000 buck lens i will kill you . nope , she would just go if you get one i get one .

over on the city-data website i won 5k in their most informed poster contest .

we went to the camera store , bought all new gear and spent 10k.

the store owner thought we had a stolen credit card so he called the bank to have them verify with the card owner , they called us on the cell in the store and asked if we were actually buying all that stuff .

yankees60 · Post by **yankees60** » Sat Oct 19, 2019 9:04 pm

Can you give your web site here or privately?

Thanks

Vinny

mathjak107 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 08, 2015 3:02 am it is a passion for my wife and i .

we sell quite a few photo's from our website and do some work once in a while for some business's websites .

the bad thing about both of us being in to it is we have to buy 2 of everything .

the other problem is we have no adult supervision .

when we both had jobs there was no one to say nooooo don't buy that . we are a little more disciplined in retirement but we were so bad together prior .

it wasn't a normal situation where a wife would say if you dare buy that 2,000 buck lens i will kill you . nope , she would just go if you get one i get one .

over on the city-data website i won 5k in their most informed poster contest .

we went to the camera store , bought all new gear and spent 10k.

the store owner thought we had a stolen credit card so he called the bank to have them verify with the card owner , they called us on the cell in the store and asked if we were actually buying all that stuff .

yankees60 · Post by **yankees60** » Sat Oct 19, 2019 9:06 pm

I worship pet house cats. Therefore, due to that and the absolute clarity of the picture, the last one in this series is my runaway favorite. But all the others are also excellent.

Vinny

mathjak107 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 07, 2015 3:51 pm wildlife is another favorite of ours . took these saturday at the bronx zoo. this is a nikon d7000 and nikon 18-300mm and a nikon d800 with the nikon 70-200mm f2.8

jacksonm2 · Post by **jacksonm2** » Sun Oct 20, 2019 4:22 pm

Those photos are truly awesome. Glad to see you have a real talent to explore in your retirement years and that you are obviously enjoying it.

Haven't found one myself yet but maybe I haven't looked hard enough. I was an excellent computer programmer when I retired a few years ago but so far the only one I've found that I can really get into is drinking beer while surfing websites like this one and occasionally posting something that I hope makes at least a bit of sense to someone.

mathjak107 wrote: wildlife is another favorite of ours . took these saturday at the bronx zoo. this is a nikon d7000 and nikon 18-300mm and a nikon d800 with the nikon 70-200mm f2.8

mathjak107 · Post by **mathjak107** » Mon Oct 21, 2019 5:58 pm

Thanks

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