new 40mm nikkor micro lens!

I've been trying out a few lenses recently, as some of you may have noticed. My latest and so far most amazing purchase has been the F2.8 40mm micro Nikkor lens.
It arrived a few minutes before I was heading out to visit my parents, so I've been taking a few shots and I'm very impressed.
I've not tried any close up macro shots yet as I didn't take my +10 Opteka close up filter with me, but providing the weather is favourable and there are some more insects around I will be out again tomorrow.
I've mostly taken pics of flowers but I did take a few general scenery shots with it, too. It's a little different field of view to what I'm used to and its focal plane is, too, but it's sooooo sharp it makes me smile when zooming in on the PC afterwards.
The ammano shrimp are about 1.5 inches long and seem to be clutching some kind of mystic orb.


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Nice work. Thanks for sharing and enjoy your lens.

Cool shots! Looks like you'll have a lot of fun with the new lens!

nice, whats the dryland looking green shrimp??

Roy1961 said:

nice, whats the dryland looking green shrimp??

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dryland? as said in the original text
The ammano shrimp are about 1.5 inches long and seem to be clutching some kind of mystic orb.

Very cool! I am purchasing the 60mm Macro this week and cannot wait to play with it!

Nice series of photos.
Good to hear you are happy with your new lens.
​Have fun.

Nice shots!, enjoy!

Congrats

Yes Congrats on the Lens. Took some nice shots.

I managed to get out between showers, just took a few quick ones of my usual willing subjects, this is the 40mm f2.8 micro with a +10 close up lens
Both are cropped and edited. It was fun playing with a manual lens and estension tubes etc but having a proper macro lens is so much easier. Ill just have to dream about getting a 105mm macro lens, but for now, this is fun.
Wasps eating my apples are about 2cm long, click for bigger.