Nice one bro
Love the colors and the overall feel very much!

been struggling which camera to buy as my first camera. Juggling between mirrorless and dslr, and in the end, i just bought nikon d5200 with 18-55mm kit lens. Hope it's good enough for my to explore. Trying to lower down my expectations of getting fabulous photos from the dslr+kitlens.. lol

Congrats on ur purchase... U can create good pics with any gear

better pics with better gears.

Cosplay

No scratches using lens pen? I have one, but I don't trust that brush. What particular kind of lens pen you use?

oof abit leh..y ar? 35mm rite?

using 85mm..

One more...

no wonder i see the bokeh different from 35mm.. 85 1.8G?

Sigh I just bought this nikon n5200 for 2 days, and when I tried out the high aperture, something nasty happened. A black spot on the top left corner, can't view it from the ovf. So unlucky.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10218135@N04/11366940786/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10218135@N04/11366940966/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10218135@N04/11367045433/

hope that it's just a dust and not scratch..

lift up ur mirror see the sensor got dust o not?

A pair of Copera marginipes in wheel position (mating)
Lucky find, note the heart shape!


Copera marginipes wheel position by PF T.J., on Flickr

Lens - Nikkor 105mm F2.8 VR
Aperture - F16
Shutter Speed - 1/250 secs
ISO - 800
Flash fired

Read the manual and find sensor cleaning menu, do it several time. I recommend settings it to clean every on/off. I did that and it seems to reduce the necessity to clean my sensor with a blower.

Spam:

Stink bug by NurAzam, on Flickr

It's hard to get spider macro without a macro lens. This was extremely cropped.

Fat spider by NurAzam, on Flickr

Looks noisy... Heavily cropped?

BTW, nice pic bro

Thanks man~
Good observations!

Yeah~ heavily cropped and shot with bumped up ISO
This kind of phenomenon is not easy to shoot upclose since dragonflies/damselflies in tandem are especially alert and they always keep their distance

Wah, love the 2nd shot!
It really is one fat spider haha
Any shots of it showing the patterns on its abdomen? A bit curious as to what it is haha...
Cause if I am not mistaken, this might be a nocturnal spider

Upclose shot of a Trumpet Tail

Hehe, I've managed to get an upclose shot too XD


Acisoma panorpoides ♂ 2 by PF T.J., on Flickr


Lens - Nikkor 105mm F2.8 VR + Extension tubes (36mm + 12mm)
Aperture - F16
Shutter Speed - 1/250 secs
ISO - 500
Flash fired at 1/32

nice! have you tried stacking the pics? i.e. focus on different parts , than stack it so everything from front till body end is focused......but that dragonfly is gorgeous focused or not!!

Thanks man!
Yeah, I've tried focus stacking before; sometimes I still prefer non-stacking shots haha Like for this photo, the concentration is on the head only.. But you are right, I should've taken a stacked version to see whether it might end up better

A stacked shot:

Neurothemis fluctuans ♀ by PF T.J., on Flickr

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