My new 100-400 Closeup lens

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JAS

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Two shots with the 100-400S and TC2.0 on my Z6. Was careful about getting too close as this little guy is a bit skittish

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Nicely done! A pano crop of #1 would remove the highlight orb and reduce the background dominance in the image. Likewise, a 4x3 crop of #2 would remove the bright OOF area at the top of the frame and create a much stronger composition.
 
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Butlerkid said:
Nicely done! A pano crop of #1 would remove the highlight orb and reduce the background dominance in the image. Likewise, a 4x3 crop of #2 would remove the bright OOF area at the top of the frame and create a much stronger composition.
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Agreed and this exercise was simply to show what a full frame closeup could look like with this camera/lens combo.
 
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I too am happy with what can be captured. Next will be work on a tripod to see how good it can get and how close I can work. I have some closeup flower shots handheld but haven’t looked at them yet. Too many other things to do.
 
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The fact that you had to tell us that you were using a 2x TC on your 100-400 shows just how much lenses have improved of late. If I had shown a macro from my old Canon 100-400 with a 2x, you would have asked me if I had forgotten to wait for the lens to de-fog!

Thanks for sharing!
 
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I am quite impressed with the closeup shots from this lens with and without the TC. These were all shot handheld, but would have been better from a tripod to better manage the shallow depth of field and to try focus shift shooting.
 
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I only wish Nikon’s focus stacking feature left the viewfinder live for the duration of the stack. The Z9 would be an ideal handheld focus stacking camera, and the 100-400 an ideal lens, if it were only programmed to do so!

But yeah, the 100-400 seems like it’s going to be a great bug chaser. Can’t wait for the bugs to show their face around here so I can put mine to use!
 
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Chris K said:
I only wish Nikon’s focus stacking feature left the viewfinder live for the duration of the stack. The Z9 would be an ideal handheld focus stacking camera, and the 100-400 an ideal lens, if it were only programmed to do so!

But yeah, the 100-400 seems like it’s going to be a great bug chaser. Can’t wait for the bugs to show their face around here so I can put mine to use!
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Also can't wait for the gardens to bloom to attract the bees and bugs and to use this lens for flowers that are too far away for the Z 105 Macro. Cloaeup landscape work.
 
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