March 7th, 2011 by Brian Cooney

African Violet 180mm Macro f/32 ISO 800

Today was nice outside… probally in the 60s, so My wife and I decided to spend some time out on the porch. With a little digging, I ended up being able to find everything she needed to re-pot some of her African Violets. This was the first one I have seen bloom in awhile, so I took our new dedicated macro lens for a spin on an appropriate subject for the first time. I took a ton of pictures, but the ones I liked the best where all the ones with the highest depth of field, provided by setting the apeture on the macro lens all the way up to f/32. I had to bump the ISO to 800 and keep the camera on a tripod with a macro rail to focus, but I am quite happy with the results.