Sep 21, 2013 | AF-S 50mm f1.4G, Bee, Daily Image 2013, Flowers, Insects, Nikon 1 V1, Walkabout
Flowers, Bee, & f1.4 Showers are coming our way so I managed to get a few shots before the rain; busy as a bee. Flowers and bees just go together, but what about f1.4? Well, when you put a 50mm f1.4 lens on a Nikon 1 V1 body, what you get is a 135mm f1.4 lens. So, it’s time to experiment with the f1.4 on depth of field. It’s relatively easy to shoot a couple dozen shots of a bee on a flower and get a vastly different image each time; just be varying the DOF for each shot. This image provides a good example of the wafer thin DOF with the aperture set at f1.4.
Sep 19, 2013 | AF-S 70-300mm f4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR, Bee, Daily Image 2013, Insects, Nikon 1 V1, Walkabout
Working Bee It’s hard to miss the bees on my walkabouts. Between the color and his hard work, I just had to make the simple click.
Sep 16, 2013 | AF-S 50mm f1.4G, Bee, Daily Image 2013, Flowers, Insects, Nikon 1 V1, Walkabout
Busy as a Bee The bees are out along my walkabout. You’d think is was spring, not fall. The Nikon 1 V1 with the f1.4 50mm lens makes a nice combination for casual walkabout images. Of course, the 50mm becomes a very short 135mm on the V1. What really makes it such a handy lens for me is the f1.4. It just gives me great background, depth of field, control.
