Blacktop's 366 day trip through 2016

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All wet today. Rained on and off but mostly on. In between, I took a few shots in Mary's garden.

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Don Kuykendall said:
The EXIF lists the lens as a 28-105 but shot at 150mm. I am confused.
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Blacktop said:
tc. 1.4 Kenko.
Goes on everything. I just shot some Monarch Butterflies with it on the 70-300mm lens.
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I was just going to ask the same question. Nice shots especially with a TC. I like my Nikon TC but it isn't nearly as compatible with lenses as your Kenko is. I think it will only work on my macro and 70-200mm f/2.8 lenses.
 
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hark said:
I was just going to ask the same question. Nice shots especially with a TC. I like my Nikon TC but it isn't nearly as compatible with lenses as your Kenko is. I think it will only work on my macro and 70-200mm f/2.8 lenses.
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I did a lot of research into it before I decided on the Kenko. Compatibility was one of the reasons I bought it, along with being almost 3 times less expensive and the IQ is close to the Nikon TCs.

Also my 28-105 is pretty much the sharpest lens that I own. (not including the 200-500mm which is of course a whole different bowl of wax all together.)
 
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Took a shot this morning before I went to work. There is something about this lens that I'm really starting to like .
I bought this lens just after I bought the D750 as I didn't have any wide angle FX lenses at the time . Spending 2 grand on a camera was a luxury for me and I really didn't want to spend much more on a lens right away. So I picked this thing up for around a 130 dollars to make due until I could afford a 24-120 f/4 lens.

It takes a while to get used to shooting with it and it does take some work to figure out it's nuances. Once I did, this lens is now my go to glass for flowers, butterflies and the like.
It is not a very good landscape lens however, (or I just haven't figured out how to use it for that purpose yet.)
It can give a horrible looking out of focus background or it can give a wonderful and smooth looking background. I have to really get the DOF just right .

I also really like the color that this lens produces. I don't have to do much work in post to get the color looking right.
Also this lens is very sharp, even with a 1.4 TC attached. Overall I'm happy that I have picked this lens back up after having it sit on the shelf for a while collecting dust.

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Your thread is really informative and I am looking forward everyday to see your 366 day trip through 2016. Keep it up, keep on shooting great and beautiful shots, and keep on posting. Salute to u Blacktop!


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maguserudite said:
Your thread is really informative and I am looking forward everyday to see your 366 day trip through 2016. Keep it up, keep on shooting great and beautiful shots, and keep on posting. Salute to u Blacktop!


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Thank you for the kind words. Unfortunately I only have time to shoot on the weekends, but I do get in a shot once in a while on a week day.
 
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