I photographed this California newt several years back somewhere north of San Francisco. These guys are pretty formidable as far as newts go, growing to about eight inches long. They are also toxic. This is another macro that I used my old setup of a 70-200mm zoom with a close up filter attached. I had to use a wide aperture because I didn’t want to use flash, so the depth of field is very narrow, which I kind of like. Nikon D700 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 70mm) with Canon 500D close up lens attached, ISO 800, f/3.5 at 1/125th of a second
This one almost looks like it was taken in some sort of terrarium, not the wild. But I was down in leaves on the ground along a forested trail. I do love what a narrow depth of field can do.
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I photographed this California newt several years back somewhere north of San Francisco. These guys are pretty formidable as far as newts go, growing to about eight inches long. They are also toxic. This is another macro that I used my old setup of a 70-200mm zoom with a close up filter attached. I had to use a wide aperture because I didn’t want to use flash, so the depth of field is very narrow, which I kind of like.
Great bokeh!
I love that narrow depth of field. And you get a lot of it with that macro set up.
—– Lithe and muscular
—– Certainly more comely than
—– Another famous Newt .
Yes, the narrow DOF works very well here. Love the focus on that little toxic face!
This one almost looks like it was taken in some sort of terrarium, not the wild. But I was down in leaves on the ground along a forested trail. I do love what a narrow depth of field can do.