You will love it for dahlia shots, too. Is it a 100?
teddahlia Aug 20, 2014 6:48 PM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
It is a 50mm film lens from the 1990s. Since it is a full frame lens it is about the equivalent of a 75mm lens on my APS-C camera. My other 50mm prime lens works very well and is a 1.7. This one is a 2.8 but is a 1:1 macro and closest focus is 7.5 inches. It is supposed to be even sharper than my 1.7 prime lens. And it is auto focus too.
DarcyD Sep 12, 2014 10:00 AM PDT
Name: Darcy D Green Oaks, Illinois
Monarch on Ben:
teddahlia Sep 12, 2014 10:31 AM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
I bet this one looks really good when it fills the entire computer screen.
teddahlia Sep 29, 2014 9:43 AM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
Picture of Woodland's Taco Time and Hollyhill Regal. I believe that the true purple color of Regal is the result of using the Adobe rgb setting on the camera and then I saved the picture after cropping using sRGB. For those of you who have cameras with lots of settings on your camera, you can try this to get true purple colors in dahlias.
And would Darcy post a copy of her winning photo of the bug?
DarcyD Sep 29, 2014 10:10 AM PDT
Name: Darcy D Green Oaks, Illinois
Wow, you got great color there Ted!
Lady & the Colonel (Colonel Winkie):
teddahlia Sep 29, 2014 10:37 AM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
It deserved to win the big prize!
DarcyD Sep 29, 2014 3:48 PM PDT
Name: Darcy D Green Oaks, Illinois
Thanks Ted!
luvflowers Sep 29, 2014 4:31 PM PDT
Darcy, that's a really cool picture, you captured the red perfectly with the superbly posed ladybug.
anniecan Sep 29, 2014 4:40 PM PDT
Name: Annie Luck Apex, North Carolina BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN TH
How much did you have to pay the ladybug?
honnat Sep 29, 2014 6:43 PM PDT
St. Paul, MN
If I had more say in my house decorations, I'd definitely be hitting you up for purchasing dahlia photos.
Benny101 Sep 29, 2014 8:07 PM PDT
Greenville MI - zone 5b
Way to go Darcy , congratulations !
DarcyD Sep 30, 2014 6:18 AM PDT
Name: Darcy D Green Oaks, Illinois
Thanks my friends!
Honnat, you ever find that room I'll trade for tubers
Connie1973 Sep 30, 2014 1:53 PM PDT
Greenville, MI
addicted Oct 1, 2014 3:14 PM PDT
Name: Em NY
Fantastic photo, Darcy!!! What contest did you enter and what did you win? I love Winkie Colonel (but lost it this year) and the ladybug is so perfect with it!! Congratulations!
DarcyD Oct 1, 2014 5:53 PM PDT
Name: Darcy D Green Oaks, Illinois
Thanks!!
Our Dahlia show (Central States Dahlia Society) has a photo contest.
Here are some of the entries. You may recognize some of my others because I shared them here:
anniecan Oct 1, 2014 6:08 PM PDT
Name: Annie Luck Apex, North Carolina BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN TH
Awesome images, but I just cannot relate to black and white dahlia photos
We're all so different
portia Oct 1, 2014 6:42 PM PDT
Southern PA, Brandywine
Darcy what macro lens do you shoot with?
I use a 35 mostly on my Nikon 99% of the time, but am contemplating getting a macro for fun.
Love that ladybug photo.
DarcyD Oct 1, 2014 6:43 PM PDT
Name: Darcy D Green Oaks, Illinois
anniecan wrote:Awesome images, but I just cannot relate to black and white dahlia photos
We're all so different
I know! I thought the same thing & almost didn't enter any. I mean...Dahlias are all about color, right. Then I decided it was a challenge & I do like a challenge. So, I thought...if you can't see color what would make a Dahlia look good? And, of course it was form. So, I picked my favorite "form" Dahlia's & shot those.
DarcyD Oct 1, 2014 6:46 PM PDT
Name: Darcy D Green Oaks, Illinois
portia wrote:Darcy what macro lens do you shoot with?
I use a 35 mostly on my Nikon 99% of the time, but am contemplating getting a macro for fun.
Love that ladybug photo.
Thanks Portia!
I shoot Canon & have the 100 Macro 2.8. Macro isn't for everyone, but I LOVE it. I could sit for an hour at one bloom, and still find different shots. It really makes you look at things differently.
