New Growth
previous / nextAs promised I am not going to bore you all by running all the concert photos at once. So this image taken in April is a little respite from those concert photos. I shot this little branch with its new growth on a warm April day in Sandy Hook. The way it was backlit caught my eye.
Nikon D700
Tokina 80-200mm f2.8
1/250 second
F/2.8
ISO 360
200 mm
Tokina 80-200mm f2.8
1/250 second
F/2.8
ISO 360
200 mm
Labels: D700, fall plants, Sandy Hook, Spring
posted by Laurie at 12:00 AM
24 Comments:
actually i don't find the concert photos boring, but love this spring shot a lot :)
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Beautiful image. The backlight shows the hairy surface.
We had something that looked like this where we lived before.
Is it called: "Staghorn Sumac"?
Our son useed to call it "The mouse tree" from the shape of the flower buds.
Really nice setup. The lighting behind the plant is perfect.
Lovely! New Life is slowly creeping out this brenche :) Great soft background.
beautiful work Laurie
how's that Tokina lens?
@DrAjao...Thanks...I like the lens very much. It is one of my workhorse lenses and is always with me. I use it a lot when shooting orchestras (like in the previous post). It is out of production though. I got one of the last they made. I'm not sure if they replaced it or not. I had heard that Tokina was going to exclusively market for DX format and this is not a DX lens, but I haven't really followed them that closely. They may have to rethink that since more manufacturers are going FX now. Since I shoot mostly FX these days I will not buy any DX lenses. I only had 2 DX lenses as it was. I got this one initially because I needed to outfit my gear quickly since I had changed from Olympus and Minolta to Nikon in 2006. This lens was a lot less than the Nikon equivalent at the time. I am considering upgrading to the Nikon with the VR...but I may just go with the Nikon 80-400 VR instead since I would like a longer zoom telephoto lens.
I like the Tokina enough and manage to handle it well despite the weight, it is hefty, and lack of VR. It sometimes suffers chromatic aberrations around bright white highlights which can be annoying but it's not that bad in most cases. I'm not sure if any lens would completely eliminate that under the circumstances when I see it with this lens. Bottom line for me is that if I have the money, I would go with the Nikon. I have acquired quite a bit of Nikon glass now and it really is wonderful glass. Well worth the price.
Laurie
woah! love the creamy bokeh here.. nice work noticing the backlighting as well.. great shot! :)
This is an awesome photograph of the unbelievable fitness of nature in springtime. Wonderful colors and shapeness / bokeh. Love it!
La vie renaît ...Belle netteté de cette jolie photo...comme une promesse d'espoir.
Simple yet beautiful... perfectly captured!
This is an absolutely stunning capture of new growth that spring brings with it. Have a great weekend. Smiles Barbar
A truly beautiful capture, especially like the warm tones and agree the backlighting is what really makes this a great image.
Wow, you are an amazing photographer. I've seen many photologs, yours is one of the top four that I know!
Just beautiful! Love the vignetting.
This is a beautifully refined image. The detail in the branch and the background blur are terrific. And, of course, the light is wonderful. A treat for the eyes.
Buen disparo, me gustan como se le ven los pelillos a esta rama.
Saludos.
A fine spring shot with all the minute detail I like so much. I checked the aminus3 site and liked this shot on black too. Fine image.
simple and very beautiful ! the light and the bokeh are just wonderful.
Great spring shot. I agree with you i like the back light!
A tiny fresh spring capture, I love it!
bonsoir,
great DOF..amazing composition..beautiful background..bravo!
so delicate
The essence of spring! Beautiful bokeh, it looks soft and strong at the same time. Nice work!
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