Since my big news yesterday I thought it might be good to show some flowers that were taken with the X-T3 for Floral Friday.
Floral Friday – The X-T3 for flowers
When I went to New Zealand I didn’t have a dedicated macro lens with me. We did visit some gardens so I used the Fujinon XF18-135mmF3.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR Lens as best I could to do some macro. The results weren’t too bad at all.
There is no doubting that a real macro lens will get you very close and take amazing images. Though, getting really close is not always best. Yeah, I know it is good to be able to do it. I know I will want a macro lens for the FUJIFILM X-T3 at some point, but for the time being, I might have to look at alternatives.
The Fujifilm macro is expensive, then again so was the one I have now. There are other ways of doing macro and I will have to start investigating. I love macro photography too much to give it up. It is my fun photography. I enjoy it too much to stop.
If I remember correctly Lensbaby also has the Velvet 56 for the Fujifilm X series. That is a definite possibility. I will have to sell the ones I have for the Nikon. If anyone is interested let me. I am very keen on selling the Velvet 85.
So I have some more photos for you from New Zealand. They are all from Dunedin. Some from the Botanical gardens there and the last three from the castle.
Enjoy your Friday.
Hi Leanne, you could always use an adaptor to mount your Nikon Macro lens on the Fuji camera. I have one allows me to use my Nikon lenses on an Olympus EM1ii. I got mine from Gorilla Film Gear who have a warehouse in Sunshine. (I have no affiliation with the company mentioned).
I could, but I will be keeping my D800 for the time being, so I will be able to do macro on it. It will be fine for that. The only reason I replaced it with the D850 was for long exposures. I was told that if I put an adaptor on the camera everything would be manual. I don’t really want to go down that road. I will see how I go, eventually, I will get the Fujifilm macro, which is supposed to be amazing. Thank you Aubrey, so lovely to hear from you.
Love the last one with the Bumble Bee!
Thank you Craig, loved seeing the bumble bees.
Really beautiful flowers, Leanne 🙂
Thank you Irene.
Forgive me asking a stupid question please but how have you achieved the dark background in each shot but still managed to have the flower beautifully exposed? I can understand the shallow depth of field but did you use flash and a short exposure? Any guidance reference the settings you used would be gratefully received thanks
Not a stupid question at all Keith, but it is all done in post processing. I don’t really do anything fancy when I’m shooting, it is stuff that I do when I get it on the computer. I hope that helps.