Nikon 70-200 f/2.8 Closeup

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JAS

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Since I am constrained in my photo subjects with COVID rules, I find myself using theZ6 and my new 70-200 f/2.8S along with a Canon 500D Closeup Lens for flower photography.

While not a true macro combination, I am trly impressed and with the zoom capability and overall lens performance, I find my 105mm f/2.8 Macro lens sitting in the camera bag.
Here are a couple of shots from this past weekend. All shots at 200mm plus the Closeup lens. All are full height square 16mp crops.

It is interesting just how shallow a depth of field you get with a closeup lens even at f/11=f/16. I am also practicing on focus stacking, but it was too windy this past weekend for that option. All shots processed in LrC with a little help in PS on the third shot.

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This third shot is uncropped at 135mm with the Closeup lens and f/16. Still working on depth of field management. Again, too windy for foocus shift shooting.

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aolander said:
Very nice! The colors are great! I use my 70-200mm f/4 with a TC 14.E II for closeups quite a bit. Depth of Field is a problem no matter what you use to get closeups. I think you did a good job with the DOF, though.
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Except for the wind, I would have used Focus Shift and made a stack.
 
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