Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Got out my Tokina 100 mm 2.8 macro today


Haven't used the macro in a while.  Thought I would give it a try.  It was like finding a long lost friend or a new gem. I cleaned the lens and went out to shoot some dandelions.  The lens allowed me to get close up to focus on sections of the dandelion.  The center or the outer edges with the stems give two very differnt looks a the flower.  This is one of the quick shots there is no cropping the actual shot size.  I had forgotten how versitile this lens is.  While I prefer Nikon lens for my work occasionally a third party makes a cool lens.  The Tokina 100mm would fall into that category.


Dandelions have several layers.  First the outer center, like you see  at top and then with a slight change of focus the stems and outer edges.  I only had a few minutes to shoot. I will see what to do with these later.  Getting my old friend made it fun...

Jack.