Thru a Lens, Boldly

Nikon's Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8 AF-D can make even a trip to Petsmart a macro adventure. All their tanks had these nice blue backgrounds which made taking decent pictures as easy as shooting fish in a barrel (I couldn't help myself).

Shot with a Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 with stacked Nikon 5T & 6T close-up lenses for 2:1 magnification.

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." — Oscar Wilde (Lady Windermere's Fan) Taken in Battery Park, Manhattan, N.Y.

Taken with Nikon Micro-Nikkor AF-S 105mm f/2.8 VR and stacked Nikon 5T & 6T close-up lenses for 2:1 magnification.

The pretty, but poisonous, Lionfish.

An unusual combination of colors inside a droplet.

Even diamonds have their flaws. I think the flaws actually add character to this engagement band's stone. A flawed diamond better symbolizes the reality of a relationship--beautiful from the outside with some rough patches inside. In the end you take the good with the bad and end up with something that lasts forever, or so I'd like to believe.

Nikon Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 PC, M3 extension tube and an off-camera SB-600 strobe. It only looks dangerous. It's actually quite a helpful little creature for keeping the mosquito population down.

Colorful Close-up with Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5, M-3 extension tube and an off-camera SB-600 strobe.

Demonstrating the more than acceptable macro performance of my new Canon Powershot S100.

Fuji Velvia 100F