Playing with a new macro lens

Posted on Monday October 23, 2006 by Stewart Macdonald

I bought a new macro lens (the Nikkor 105mm VR), so I tested it out over the weekend.


Can you figure out what this is?


A spider


The same spider


Close-up of the above spider


A termite


A grasshopper


Asian house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus)


Asian house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) – close-up of head


Asian house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) – close-up of hand


Asian house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) on the outside of a backlit decorative glass window


Wall skink (Cryptoblepharus virgatus). On a wall.


Wall skink (Cryptoblepharus virgatus). On a wall.


Garden skink (Lampropholis delicata)


Garden skink (Lampropholis delicata)


A close-up of the lateral scales of a Children’s python (Antaresia childreni)


Monty’s head. Coastal carpet python (Morelia spilota mcdowelli).

About Stewart Macdonald

I'm a wildlife ecologist living and working in Queensland, Australia. I spend most of my time in the bush finding and photographing wildlife.
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One Response to Playing with a new macro lens

  1. Ranger Beth says:
    Thursday November 2, 2006 at 11:10 am

    Wow – that’s amazing photography. I think I’ll come and talk to you when I buy my new digital SLR camera…