Garfield Park Conservatory and Sunken Garden.

Nikon D300 | Nikon AF-S VR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 IF-ED | Hoya 67mm +2 magnification Lens  

Garfield Park Conservatory and Sunken Garden.

I wanted to try out a new close-up lens set yesterday, so I took the camera to Garfield Park Conservatory and gave the Hoya 67mm +2 lens a trial run. The Hoya close-up lens set comes with 3 lenses (+1,+2,+4) that thread into the end of your lens and can be stacked to increase magnification. A nice, affordable alternative to a macro lens, at less than 10% the cost.  It is definitely going to take some time to master using a magnification lens, as most of my images were blurry. A tripod would have been useful, but not permitted in the conservatory!  However, I was pretty pleased with this photo and I know someone had wanted to see a photo shot with a magnification lens, so here you go. I love the depth of field achieved with the +2 lens at f/4.5. This is the full image, it is not cropped. Image was resized and resolution reduced for web publication. I have no idea what this plant is. If anyone knows, please post in comments or text message me:) Thanks!