I had a lot of fun shooting with my new Laowa 15mm lens, the only lens of its kind for 1:1 wide-angle macro shots. The lens is 100% manual — not just focus but also aperture. Although it’s a Nikon mount, my camera wasn’t able to record aperture or other EXIF data. And if I was to stop down to the smallest aperture setting, it was too dark to even see what I was doing. That said, this flat-headed bromeliad treefrog was shot wide open, thus the very narrow depth of field. The frog was about an inch from the front of the lens and I used an off-camera flash with soft box for the lighting. I wish I had seen more frogs on this trip, but the ones I did see were quite accommodating to the wide-angle macro look I was after. Nikon D850 with Laowa 15mm wide-angle macro lens, ISO 1600, f/4 at 1/160th of a second, Godox V860iii flash with Westcott soft box.
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I had a lot of fun shooting with my new Laowa 15mm lens, the only lens of its kind for 1:1 wide-angle macro shots. The lens is 100% manual — not just focus but also aperture. Although it’s a Nikon mount, my camera wasn’t able to record aperture or other EXIF data. And if I was to stop down to the smallest aperture setting, it was too dark to even see what I was doing. That said, this flat-headed bromeliad treefrog was shot wide open, thus the very narrow depth of field. The frog was about an inch from the front of the lens and I used an off-camera flash with soft box for the lighting. I wish I had seen more frogs on this trip, but the ones I did see were quite accommodating to the wide-angle macro look I was after. Nikon D850 with Laowa 15mm wide-angle macro lens, ISO 1600, f/4 at 1/160th of a second, Godox V860iii flash with Westcott soft box.
Who would have thought that for over 50 years you’ve been hunting frogs! Such dedication to a species! Nice work, Sean.
Right up there with the lemurs.
the only word i understood in this post was “frog”
That is a flat-head. Its eyes certainly rise above its crown. Nice shot with your wide-angle Laowa macro lens!
Thanks Sue. A challenging, but very fun lens. As long as the models stick around for a while.
I like how the macro must have exagerated his front foot. There’s always more to the story!
Yes, that front foot was just about touching the lens. Close focus is about millimeter.