Ok. I am so not a nature photographer, nor do I pretend to be. Like 8 or 9 years ago when I bought my first camera I would mess around and take shots of flowers and leaves and if I was lucky a cool bug, but I was just shooting with a stock lens and shooting on auto settings so my results were not really all that awesome. I have been really, really wanting to try out a macro lens for awhile now but just never had the time to actually make the call to rent one and then drive all the way down to SLC and, well, you get the idea. However, lately I have been wanting to try even more lighting techniques, photograph more than just people, and well, keep those creative juices flowing in general. So I made the trip, rented the lens, and holy craaaaaap. I am so glad I did. I was waiting for a bride to show up to her bridal shoot and I realized I was surrounded by all sorts of cool flowers, flowers that I am not sure I would have noticed otherwise. That is one thing I have really enjoyed about photography. It has forced me to see the beauty in all my surroundings. Wether it is an old barn, an empty field, or a dead flower for heaven’s sakes, I finally notice the unique characteristics of each. So here are some images that I took using the 105mm f/2.8 for Nikon. Again, not anything spectacular, but hey, for my first time ever really trying to shoot some cool nature photographs, not too shabby. I didn’t want to overly edit these photos to keep them as natural as possible so in Bride I just upped my blacks/contrast a tad, my exposures were spot on, and in Photoshop I did a soft light layer at 10%, sharpened and voila’! Pretty fun!
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