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Well youv'e probably all heard me crying from having to return Kevin's Nikkor 200 Macro (thanks for the opportunity Kevin). A truly awesome lens and I hope my new Sigma 180 gets somewhere close to it's performance when it arrives.

I thought I'd put up a few shots from over the past week which have, what I think is, lovely colour.

Talk about going out with a bang! I'll take a copy of the first one, A3+ size, got the perfect spot for it...

Fantastic.

Who would of thought that a 200mm Macro lens would be an optical masterpiece? But I've used this lens and it sings however you use it. As soon as I can sell a kidney I'm gonna get me one of those.

These are just beautiful images. That Nikkor 200 must be a magic lens. I am going to start reading up on it right now! Any of these would look great in a frame. Was this using lab colour in PP?

Yep, it sure is a sweet lens.

Dargan wrote:These are just beautiful images. That Nikkor 200 must be a magic lens. I am going to start reading up on it right now! Any of these would look great in a frame. Was this using lab colour in PP?

No, these were almost straight out of the camera. A little saturation and USM.

That second one Slider, it's lovely Has a quality which stands out amongst all these brilliant shots we have seen over the last week.

Mark

I'm with Leon on this. That second image has a beautiful, haunting quality to it. It's a great example of how you don't need bright, saturated or highly contrasting colours to make a great image. I could look at that one for hours. It's very peaceful like looking at the reflected images on a still lake.

Absolutely superb Mark. I love #1 and #2 in particular has a softness and elegance that transforms it into a standout image.
cheers
marco

Thanks Guys, printed the second one on A4 and it came up a treat. Big white mask and black frame should look good.