Have a Coffee Break - コーヒー・ブレイク

The Morrison Street Cafe, Nelson, New Zealand

Nikon D200
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm F2.8 XR Di II (A16N) @ 29mm
F2.8, 1/45, ISO-400

Leaves - 落葉

Nelson, New Zealand

Nikon D200
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm F2.8 XR Di II (A16N) @ 48mm
F2.8, 1/400, ISO-100

Afternoon - 午後

Nelson, New Zealand

Nikon D200
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm F2.8 XR Di II (A16N) @ 42mm
F5.6, 1/160, ISO-100

3X330

Nikon D200
AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm F2.8
Tamron SP AF 2X Teleconverter (300F)
F10(F20), 0.8sec, ISO-100
A flash : The SB24 in manual mode (1/16 power, 50mm zoom position) applied.

This is an experiment/practice with both macro and flash application.

Before B&W conversion:

Circuit - サーキット

Nikon D200
AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm F2.8
Tamron SP AF 2X Teleconverter (300F)
F3.2(F6.3), 1/6, ISO-100

A model car on a CD. Darkened the disk surface.

Circuit - サーキット

Nikon D200
AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm F2.8
Tamron SP AF 2X Teleconverter (300F)

F3.2(F6.3), 1/5, ISO-100

for Nikon Ai - クーロズアップ

Nelson, New Zealand
Nikon D200
AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm F2.8
Tamron SP AF 2X Teleconverter (300F)
F4.2, 18sec, ISO-100

Tauhou - シルバー・アイ

Nelson, New Zealand

Nikon D200
Ai-S Nikkor 300mm F4.5 ED-IF
Tamron SP AF 2X Teleconverter (300F)
F11, 1/30, ISO-400

I can't believe I did this with hand-held. 300mm + 2x teleconverter on DX camera = 900mm effective focal length with 1/30 of shutter speed. Not bad at all! Well, this is the most sharp one out from about 10 trial shots. Obviously better with tripod, no doubt about that.

Compare to the reflex 500mm lens, I prefer this combination to gain 500mm+. it's mainly by bokeh that rendered by the reflex. This is more natural than doughnuts rings all over (that was fun or effective in some case).

Snap - スナップ

Nelson, New Zealand
Nikon D200
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm F2.8 XR Di II (A16N) @ 45mm
F8, 1/60, ISO-140

Quick snap at the bridge street corner; where this mobile cafe is usually open. There is a sushi bar at the other end. It was very nice warm Easer Monday at central Nelson.

Night View - 夜景

Nelson, New Zealand
Nikon D200
AF Nikkor 50mm F1.4
F5.6, 3sec, ISO-100

Autum Afternoon - 秋の午後

Nelson, New Zealand

Nikon D200
AF Nikkor 24mm F2.8　（PL Filter)
F5.6, 1/400, ISO-100

Maple Leaf - もみじ

Nelson, New Zealand

Nikon D200
Tamron SP MF 500mm F8 Reflex (55B)
Tamron SP 2X Teleconverter (01F) (optics removed and just act as a tube)
F8, 1/60, ISO-160

Snap away with hand-held. The optics of 2x extension tube was removed and use as a macro extension tube. This is not particularly a macro shot but aimed a small Japanese maple leaf about 2+ mater away to see how DOF is looks like.