Gallery: Wildflowers and Flower Fields

Schneider 210mm A 210mm lens is a 'long' normal lens with 4X5 film and the equivalent of about a 65mm lens with a 35mm camera. Apochromatic lenses make extremely sharp and well corrected images. A few random photos (from gallery 'Wildflowers and Flower Fields' Taken with this lens (click thumbs for bigger versions):		Nikkor 55mm macro This Nikkor was a very sharp optic well corrected for infinity as well as macro. A few random photos (from gallery 'Wildflowers and Flower Fields' Taken with this lens (click thumbs for bigger versions):
Canon 100mm macro Best all round macro photography focal length and a super sharp optic at any distance. A few random photos (from gallery 'Wildflowers and Flower Fields' Taken with this lens (click thumbs for bigger versions):		Canon 180mm macro L A very good lens when you need distance between yourself and your subject. This lens is too heavy for most hand held macro photography. A tripod is almost a necessity when doing macro work with this lens and slow ISO ratings. A few random photos (from gallery 'Wildflowers and Flower Fields' Taken with this lens (click thumbs for bigger versions):
Rodenstock 150mm This apochromatic lens is razor sharp and was probably my most used large format lens. It does an extremely nice job from infinity to 1:1 even though it is not specifically corrected for close-up work. A few random photos (from gallery 'Wildflowers and Flower Fields' Taken with this lens (click thumbs for bigger versions):		Canon 65mm MP-E 1-5X macro 1X to 5X magnification. This lens is great for super high magnification work. It is a macro only specialty lens. In fact, it only works with TTL ambient light metering with EOS 1n, 1v and 3 bodies. It will do TTL flash with any EOS body. This lens seems to work fine with ambient light TTL metering with my Canon 10D and 1Ds Mark II DSLRs too. Click here to see a short review of the Canon 65mm MP-E lens. A few random photos (from gallery 'Wildflowers and Flower Fields' Taken with this lens (click thumbs for bigger versions):
Canon 35mm A sharp and contrasty optic. A few random photos (from gallery 'Wildflowers and Flower Fields' Taken with this lens (click thumbs for bigger versions):		Canon 20mm A very nice super wide lens. A few random photos (from gallery 'Wildflowers and Flower Fields' Taken with this lens (click thumbs for bigger versions):
Nikkor 35mm A good 'near normal view' focal length view wide angle lens. A few random photos (from gallery 'Wildflowers and Flower Fields' Taken with this lens (click thumbs for bigger versions):		Nikkor 105mm Reputed to be one of the sharpest lenses ever made by any lens manufacturer. A few random photos (from gallery 'Wildflowers and Flower Fields' Taken with this lens (click thumbs for bigger versions):
Nikkor 200mm Sharp optic and a useful focal length with an f4 maximum aperture. A few random photos (from gallery 'Wildflowers and Flower Fields' Taken with this lens (click thumbs for bigger versions):		Canon 300mm f4.5 L Non IS, this lens was extremely sharp. A few random photos (from gallery 'Wildflowers and Flower Fields' Taken with this lens (click thumbs for bigger versions):
Canon 50 macro A nice lens that will do dual duty as your 'normal' view lens and macro lens up to 1/2 life size reproduction. This lens has life size reproduction with optional life size converter. This lens is extremely sharp across the entire image field at all focused distances from f4 upwards. A few random photos (from gallery 'Wildflowers and Flower Fields' Taken with this lens (click thumbs for bigger versions):		Canon 100-400mm L This is my favorite lens for zoo photography. I mount the camera and lens on a ball head equipped tripod. Keeping the ball head loose I can follow the animal as it walks around in its enclosure. When the animal holds still for a moment, I fire the shutter. The tripod/ballhead and image stabilization feature of this lens allow me to capture sharp images at much lower shutter speeds than would be possible if I were using a regular lens on a monopod. A few random photos (from gallery 'Wildflowers and Flower Fields' Taken with this lens (click thumbs for bigger versions):
Nikkor LF 300mm This Nikkor is very compact and light weight for a large format lens. This lens is also very sharp and well corrected. It is a delight to use in the field. A few random photos (from gallery 'Wildflowers and Flower Fields' Taken with this lens (click thumbs for bigger versions):		35mm on Bellows 1975- 87 Nikkor 35mm f2.8 mounted with reversing ring on Nikon PB5 Bellows assembly. 1997-2000 Canon auto bellows with Canon 35mm f2.8 bellows lens A few random photos (from gallery 'Wildflowers and Flower Fields' Taken with this lens (click thumbs for bigger versions):
Schneider 90mm XL This f5.6 lens is very sharp and covers nearly 260mm at f22. This lens also has minimal corner light fall off compared to some of the other f8 90mm large format lenses. A few random photos (from gallery 'Wildflowers and Flower Fields' Taken with this lens (click thumbs for bigger versions):		Rodenstock 210mm A 210mm lens is a 'long' normal lens with 4X5 film and the equivalent of about a 65mm lens with a 35mm camera. Apochromatic lenses make extremely sharp and well corrected images. This lens replaced my original Schneider 210 which I sold mistakenly thinking I could do without a 210mm lens in my large format kit. A few random photos (from gallery 'Wildflowers and Flower Fields' Taken with this lens (click thumbs for bigger versions):
Canon 24-70 L I bought this lens in hopes of getting excellent image quality at lower aperture numbers. This relatively fast f2.8 lens makes very sharp and contrasty images from f4 through f11. The 24mm to 70mm zoom range covers 90% of my most used focal lengths for landscapes and people and places. A few random photos (from gallery 'Wildflowers and Flower Fields' Taken with this lens (click thumbs for bigger versions):		Canon 16-35 L A very sharp lens covering super wide to 'normal' wide angle with 35mm film SLRs and full frame DSLRs and wide to normal with 1.6 size sensor DSLRs. A few random photos (from gallery 'Wildflowers and Flower Fields' Taken with this lens (click thumbs for bigger versions):
Rodenstock 65mm This lens is a super wide angle in large format photography. It is the equivalent to about 18mm in a 35mm lens. This lens just barely covers 4X5. You can use 2-3 degrees of tilt or move the lens only about 5mm in rise/fall or shift. After taking about 10 photos with this lens I purchased the matching Rodenstock center filter. This filter is a must if you want even exposure across the entire image. Without the center filter there is too much light falloff toward the corners of the image. The center filter requires a +1.5 stop exposure compensation. A few random photos (from gallery 'Wildflowers and Flower Fields' Taken with this lens (click thumbs for bigger versions):		Canon 90mm f2.8 TS-E This lens has tilt and shift capability. Since I am primarily a landscape and outdoor photographer I am mostly using the tilt function so I can move the plane of sharp focus (maximize depth of field). The 90 TS-E is a very sharp manual focus lens. A few random photos (from gallery 'Wildflowers and Flower Fields' Taken with this lens (click thumbs for bigger versions):

Polarizing Filter A polarizing filter helps to create contrast between clouds and sky. It also cuts atmospheric haze and adds saturation to the colors in a photograph A few random photos (from gallery 'Wildflowers and Flower Fields' Taken with this lens (click thumbs for bigger versions):

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