Today we had a morning hike with our family in Nuuksio. It was really delightful to see that both of the older kids walked for almost 3 hours. Jenny found some mushrooms, kids ate blueberries and found treasures and I got to take some photos. Some of the photos can be found at: http://kansala.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Antti/2011-09-10+Nuuksiossa/

For the tech geeks

I wanted to test how the electronic extension rings work with my Tamron 17-50/2.8 zoom lens. The 36mm extension ring was max. that could be used with the lens, otherwise the focus point would be inside the lens. 🙂

The above macro shot is taken with the Tamro lens and a 20mm extension ring.

Today I had 20 minutes before I had to be picking up Ode from his friends place. I decided to pop outside and see if there would be anything interesting to photograph. After rain our forest nearby was filled with snails. Snails and some other macro shots: http://kansala.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Antti/2011-09-06+Makroilua/

For tech geeks:

These photos are again shot with the 36mm extension ring and Nikkor 50/1.4 lens in available light.

My wife loves to grow stuff on the balcony. This year we got some beautiful, red tomatoes and chilies. The complete set of photos is located at: http://kansala.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Antti/2011-09-05+Chilis+and+macros/

The mailman brought a present from eBay, a dummy extension ring set. The only lens that would function with it was my Nikkor 85/1.8. I took the extension rings in my camera bag and wondered to Laajalahti to practise some macro shooting.

http://kansala.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Antti/2011-08-24+Luontokuvausta+Laajalahdella/