Still Life Composition Photography

I am using it for Still Life and product photography and it is often handy and useful.

I will use this product mainly for field nature photography. To date. I've only been able to Still Life test it. Looks like it will replace my 18-55 and 50-200 Nikkor's on my D300. Those lenses will be delegated to my D3100... Does not quite replace my Micro105, but for field use it's close enough (1:3). It does not replace my 14mm FishEye Which I will continue to carry. And it will not replace my next dream.. The PC23... Poop occurs. A great lens. Heavy (@800 mg) but worth the load. I tried a competitors 500 mm zoom in the field last fall and was exhausted after a three mile (5k) trek. And by the way I got zero photos due to incompatibles...

Portraits , Still life

Still getting used to the lens in terms of composition at 24mm. But brilliant sharpness, bokeh with good colour and contrast. Sometimes knock the aperture ring, but now aware, it's not a problem, cant fault it.

Soft, even lighting for Portraits, Still Life, Macro, etc.

This is the best camera I have ever had in my life so far. With 61MP, you can crop as much as you need to fit your composition. Make sure you are focused though, because this camera will reveal all the flows in the picture.

I have been using ball heads for about 6 years. I do mostly landscape, astro, macro photography. Wow! I wish I had started using gearheads a long time ago. Ball heads, even really good ones, can still dip and mess up your composition after locking off, especially when zoomed at high magnifications. This gear head eliminates that issue. With very precise controls, you can get your composition perfectly without worry of it dipping after locking off. This is more for slow shooting so I wouldn’t use this for sports or wildlife where you need to act quickly. But for its purpose, it is great!

This lens gives an artistic perspective of any space or composition. This is the wide angle lens I use in my photography. These photos were taken with my Nikon D700.

Perfect on my monopod, makes composition a breeze.

This is exactly what I needed for my Manfrotto Large Still Life Shooting Table... I'm now able to position a strobe beneath the table at the perfect angle and position.