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  • Mar 3, 2011 at 9:53 pm #8525
    Avatar photoCameron Mortenson
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    Recently I picked up a 50mm 1.8f lens for my Nikon D70s and have been enjoying it quite a bit.

    Thanks especially to Neal Osborn for trading text messages, emails, and phone calls and helping step my photography up a bit.

    Over the past few weeks I have covered a couple fly fishing events in North Carolina and spent a few hours on the water photographing strictly with the 50mm lens.  

    Shooting with the 50mm lens on the water by myself was a little tough to get good fish photos with but will be interesting to use when fishing with someone else.

    Here are a few of my favorites over the past several weeks.  All were shot with whatever light was in the room or outside.  No flash.  

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    Mar 3, 2011 at 10:17 pm #72116
    Corey Kruitbosch
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    Good stuff Cam!

    Mar 3, 2011 at 11:54 pm #72117
    Avatar photoMatt Jones
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    That is a rad lens. I can’t wait until I get something like that. I love the depth of field capabilities you can get with the 1.8 lens. Great photos!

    www.mattjonesphotography.com

    Mar 4, 2011 at 2:04 am #72118
    mike b.
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    Enjoyed the photos, nice work, and nice lens.

    Mar 4, 2011 at 12:50 pm #72119
    Avatar photoJohn Bennett
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    Nice Cameron

    Mar 4, 2011 at 1:00 pm #72120
    Neal Osborn
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    The fish shots are great Cameron – the eyes are sharp and the out-of-focus on the net adds depth.

    I still love the tying series in natural light next to window (second from the bottom).  Very cool and realistic.

    Mar 4, 2011 at 3:35 pm #72121
    Douglas Barnes
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    Great images Cameron! I just picked up that exact same lens used last week. What a little gem!

    Mar 4, 2011 at 3:52 pm #72122
    Avatar photoCameron Mortenson
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    Fellows…thanks for the comments.

    Mar 4, 2011 at 4:00 pm #72123
    Avatar photoJohn Bennett
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    “Now I’m wondering what lens I need next.  Macro?  Something else? “

    Lol Cameron, you for sure have the bug now 🙂
    Sincerely though
    What are your favorite things to shoot/Whats in your kit.

    Mar 4, 2011 at 4:05 pm #72124
    Douglas Barnes
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    I’m thinking one of these might end up in my camera bag in the near future with my ‘control freak’, pretty ‘sweet’! Shoots pretty close too.

    http://www.lensbaby.com/optics-sweet35.php

    Mar 4, 2011 at 5:33 pm #72125
    Avatar photoBrett Colvin
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    Shooting with the 50mm lens on the water by myself was a little tough to get good fish photos with but will be interesting to use when fishing with someone else.

    Nice work Cameron.

    Mar 4, 2011 at 5:35 pm #72126
    Avatar photoCameron Mortenson
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    DB…I have never seen that website or their products before.

    Mar 4, 2011 at 7:48 pm #72127
    Douglas Barnes
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    I have their ‘control freak’ (see attachments) and love it, although its poor optics and slow handling really limited it’s use. This thing adds some better glass and an internal aperture. Cool!

    Mar 5, 2011 at 1:50 am #72128
    willmilne
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    Great work Cameron

    If you are on a Nikon this a great way of controling limited DOF when working wide open. It’s a 8mm angled extension tube that can be rotated through 360 degs. Takes a bit of getting used too . I use it  a lot all the way down to Nikkor 20 mm wide angles /wide open for  wide angle macro stuff.The tube can be rotated to control the angle the plane of DOF is covering.

    Hope an Ebay link is ok Zach? I have no connection to the listing or creator.

    http://cgi.ebay.com/Macro-Tilt-Extension-Tube-for-Nikon-lenses-Nikon-camera_W0QQitemZ110651572223QQcategoryZ30059QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m263QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DSIC%26its%3DI%252BC%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFICS%252BUFI%26otn%3D10%26pmod%3D110644729574%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D7510592775253387465

    Hope that helps

    Will

    ps I want closeups of those great looking stonefly patterns!!!!!!!!!!!

    Mar 6, 2011 at 5:11 am #72129
    anonymous
    Member

    Nice Cameron.

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