Checking out the macro capabilities on the P7000. Handheld 1/125 @ f/7.1, ISO 100. Lit using an SU-800 on camera and SB-600, blew out the background in post for effect, I was only going for "proof-of-concept" kind of results, anyway. You are looking at two velvet ants (display pinned) and something as yet unidentified (because we're busy, not that it's new or rare). Looks cool, thought I'd share.
I told you the nights got really cold! After the light of dawn had faded into another disconcerting overcast morning, I hung my head (which helps me find stuff) and saw the frost was still around. Since I wanted to laydown anyway, I got down to about an three inches off the leaves to shoot this at 1:1. The DoF was tricky, I wanted all the frost in focus and none of the ground. After throwing a medium sized tempertantrum (awake and working for three hours w/o the benefit of coffee) I decided on a 7mm exposure stack 1mm apart, all at f/45. The Nikon R1C1 and a well made focusing rail really made doing this a lot easier. Had to keep finding new subjects, though, because I couldn't stop breathing on them and melting the frost. (Duh!)
