365 Day Project || Day 5 : The Pen is Mightier

Equipment: Nikon D300 Aperture: f4.5 Shutter Speed: 1/13 As the lights go down in the city, the lighting in our office does not appear so harsh. After choosing the topic “From the Ground Up” for the rest of October 2010, I looked at my desk and at the pile...

365 Day Project || Day 3 : Hanging Out

Equipment: Nikon D300, AF-S Micro Nikkor 60mm f/2.8G ED lens, Ikelite DS50 strobe, Ikelite housing Aperture: f3.2 Shutter Speed: 1/60 After taking this photograph, I read some more of the manual and discovered that the D300 has more than one AF sensor mode. Instead of...

365 Day Project || Day 2 : Focus on the Eye

There are plenty of large Moray eels to be found around New Zealand waters and they are relatively well behaved. Instead of sticking to Starfish all weekend, I decided to branch out and try to also work with keeping the Moray eels eyes in focus. Equipment: Nikon D300,...

365 Day Project || Day 1 : Just Don’t Move!

The first semi in focus photograph taken.  Firebrick Starfish hardly move, if at all, so they are an easy subject to start with. Equipment: Nikon D300, AF-S Micro Nikkor 60mm f/2.8G ED lens, Ikelite DS50 strobe, Ikelite housing Aperture: f5 Shutter Speed: 1/50 Strobe...