Photography with a Nikon Lens
This image has been captured with a Nikon lens, there is a great selection of Nikon lenses available so take a look at some of them here, Nikon Lens Reviews. Site
Do You Believe in Dragons
Eastern Water Dragon
This eastern Water Dragon has been captured with a Nikon D2H Camera and a 105mm Nikon Micro lens. Whether you shoot with a Nikon or Canon there are lenses to suit this type of photography.
Photographing Animals with Nikon Super Telephoto Lenses
This fox has been photographed with a Nikon camera and 300mm telephoto lens. Generally for larger animals a 300mm lens like the Nikon, Nikkor, 300mm f/4D IF ED AF-S Lens will be quite enough, however for smaller animals something a little longer may be required, or even sometimes something a little shorter.
Some of the alternative lenses suitable for animals are as follows:
Nikkor 200mm 2.0G ED AF-S VR II Lens Review
Nikkor 200mm f/4D IF ED AF Micro Lens Review
Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED ASF-S VR II Lens Review
Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G ED VR II AF-S Lens Review
Nikkor 400mm f/2.8G ED VR Lens Review
Nikkor 500mm f/4G ED VR Lens Review
Nikkor 600mm f/4G ED VR Lens Review
Some of the lenses listed above are Zooms and are very suitable for animal photography as the lens angle of view can be varied, depending on the distance the photographer is from the animal.
Grass Hopper
Photographing insects is a wonderful way to get into the world of nature and wildlife photography. Subjects for nature photography can always be found in your garden.
The above image has been captured with a Nikon D700 and a 200mm Micro lens. There are a range of Nikon lenses suitable for this type of photography. The Nikon, Nikkor 200mm f/4D IF ED AF Micro Lens is a great lens for this type of work but is quite expensive. If something a little cheaper is required then try the Nikon, Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED AF-S VR Micro Lens, this one is more compact and somewhat easier to handle. With the 200mm micro I generally use a monopod.
Jumping Frog
How can you capture an image such as this of the jumping frog.
Well for this image a Macro (Micro Nikkor) lens is suitable to enable you to focus close enough. Some of the more modern cameras are also suitable with a very fast frame rate to capture multiple images in a fast sequence.
I will summarise a few of the suitable Micro lenses suitable for this type of close up photography.
If you are using a Nikon DX camera then the Nikon, Nikkor 85mm f/3.5G ED VR AF-S DX Micro Lens is very applicable. However if you are using an FX camera then one of the following lenses can be used Nikon, Nikkor 60mm f/2.8G ED Micro AF-S Lens or alternatively the longer Nikon, Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED AF-S VR Micro Lens.
With any of the above lenses also use a fast electronic flash to freeze any motion of the jumping frog. Many electronic flash units will give a fast flash duration faster that any camera shutter speed.
Crocodile
This image has been captured at the Australia Zoo, Queensland, Australia. This is a wonderful place to capture a wide range of photographic subjects.
The camera used is a Nikon D2H and the Nikon, Nikkor, 300mm f/4D IF-ED AF-S, Lens.
This 300mm f/4 lens is very compact, easy to use and has excellent image quality.
Dwarf Tree Frog
This beautifulf dwarf tree frog, captured with a Nikon D700 and Nikon, Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED AF-S VR Micro Lens This lens is excellent for close up photography and also for general photography, being one of my most used lenses.
Swimming Turtle
Swimming Turtle
This swimming turtle has been captured with a Nikon D700 camera and 300mm lens. The 300mm lens is ideal for these creatures as it enables you to keep a reasonable distance from the animal. It is very easy to handle this lens on a monopod to help stabilise it.
This turtle was photographed using a Nikon, Nikkor, 300mm, f/4D, lens.
Eastern Water Dragon
This wonderful animal has been photographed with a Nikon D700 and 300mm telephoto lens. Selective depth of field has been used to bring attention to the subject. For more details on improving your photography go to http://www.alldigi.com/#
Frog
A frog on a celery stick. Captured with a Nikon FE film camera and scanned.
Animal Photography 