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While photographing near to Kinlochewe at the end of February I spotted a group of silver birch trees with beautiful markings on the bark and also drops of water hanging from the branches. I took the X-T1 out of the bag and fitted the XF56mm f1.2 lens with the 16mm extension tube to increase the magnification. I then grabbed some shots of the trees before heading back to the car.

A camera armed with a macro lens opens up a whole world of opportunities for photographers.  A lot of cameras sport 'macro' functions or a lens will say it has a 'macro' facility but unless a lens can reproduce a lifesize image (1:1) or better then it isn't a true macro lens. Macro photography is described as extreme close-up photography, usually of very small subjects, in which the size of the subject in the photograph is equal to or greater than life size. These shots were taken on a Nikon 60mm f2.8 AF-D micro lens, which does give the magic 1:1 reproduction.   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALL IMAGES ARE THE PROPERTY OF MACLEAN PHOTOGRAPHIC AND CANNOT BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION If you like what you see on this blog please visit our  Facebook  page and click 'like' MORE IMAGES CAN BE VIEWED ON  FLICKR  AND ON O...

After two days of taking snowy landscapes I decided to get the macro lens out of the camera bag and take some shots of the snow crystals and icicles.  The miniature world of the snow flake and ice is quite amazing and the close up images were lit by an off camera flash gun, which was positioned to highlight the wonderful shapes. Here are some of the results -   All images taken on a Nikon D700, Nikon 60mm f2.8 AF-D Micro using a Nikon SB-600 flashgun on remote commander mode, except for the 'red berries' which was taken on a Fuji X100 on macro mode. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALL IMAGES ARE THE PROPERTY OF MACLEAN PHOTOGRAPHIC AND CANNOT BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION If you like what you see on this blog please visit our  Facebook  page and click 'like' MORE IMAGES CAN BE VIEWED ON  FLICKR  AND ON O...