Nikon D-90X Images Part 7
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Images Taken With Nikon D-90 Part 7
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Images on this page were taken with a Nikon D-90 and AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor
105 mm f/2.8G macro lens and a Nikon SB-600 Flash. Most shots hand held.

Nikon D-90 with AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105 mm macro lens.


105mm Micro-Nikkor Macro Lens

The following images were taken at 1/1000 sec. at f-22 hand held (SB-600).

At ISO 200, the maximum distance for SB-600 using AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105 mm macro lens at 1/1000 sec. f-22 is 15 inches. For darker subjects ISO 400 is preferable. At ISO 800 you can back off to 36 inches; however, the image must be cropped. See next three images.


ISO 200 (15 inches)


ISO 400 (15 inches)


ISO 800 (36 inches)


ISO 800 1m (40 inches)

Following image taken at ISO 200, 1/1600 sec., f-22, hand held (SB-600).

Petrified palm wood.

More images taken at 1/1000 sec. at f-22 hand held (SB-600).

Desert harvester ant (Messor pergandei).

The following image was taken at ISO 200, 1/200 sec. at f-22 hand held (SB-600).
Bowl with beautiful finish of Japanese lacquer.

  See Japanese Lacquer On Poison Oak Page  

The following image was taken at ISO 200, 1/320 sec. at f-22 hand held (SB-600).

Silver argiope (Argiope argentata).

  See More Argiope Images On Wayne's Word Spider Page  

A red jumping spider, probably (Phidippus johnsoni).

The following image was taken at ISO 160, 1/200 sec. at f-32 hand held (SB-400).

A soil lichen (Cladonia) with erect podetia resembling minute golf tees.
The podetia are 4-8 mm tall with cup-shaped heads 2-3 mm in diameter.

U.S. Penny Taken With 3 Different Lenses

105 mm Micro Nikkor Macro Lens

The following image was taken at 1/2000 sec. at f-22 hand held (SB-600).

60 mm Micro Nikkor Macro Lens

The following image was taken at 1/200 sec. at f-32 hand held (SB-400).

60mm Micro Nikkor AF-S F/2.8G ED Macro Lens

The following image was taken at 1/2000 sec. at f-22 hand held (SB-600).

The following image was taken at 1/4000 sec. at f-32 hand held (SB-600).

More Images With 60mm Micro Nikkor AF-S F/2.8G ED Macro Lens

Petrified palm beads showing longitudinal & transverse view of vascular bundles.

Silver argiope (Argiope argentata) on light box.  Note
silver cephalothorax and abdomen. 1/1000 sec. at f-22.

A seldom-seen mantispid photographed in alcohol. This preying mantis look-alike belongs to an entirely different insect order, the Neuroptera. The remarkable resemblance is a good example of convergent evolution. It was collected by Mr. Wolffia at Palomar College in the late 1960s. The body and wings are about 22 mm in length, less than one inch. Compare this image with the Sony T-9 at following link. Although the Sony T-9 images are pretty good, the minute antennal segments are sharper with 60mm Micro Nikkor AF-S F/2.8G ED Macro Lens. The Sony pose is better, but I couldn't risk bending the raptorial legs of this 40-year-old specimen.

  Mantispid Images Photographed With Sony T-9  
  A Matispid Compared With A Preying Mantis  

60mm Micro Nikkor Macro Lens

Ball and stick model of C6H12O6 (fructose).

Triassic age petrified wood from the Chinle Formation, Arizona. The lower left pendant with distinct annual rings is 15 million-year-old fir from the Columbia River Gorge, Washington.

Eocene (50 myo) stromatolite pendant from Green River Formation, Wyoming.

A European earwig (Forficula auricularia) at Starbucks in San Marcos.

The following images were taken with a Phoenix ring flash.

Chocolate lily (Fritillaria biflora), a wildflower that is vanishing from San Marcos.

Virgin's bower or ropevine (Clematis pauciflora).

Pectocarya linearis ssp. ferocula, a minute California wildflower.

The following image was taken through Olympus Microscope.

Magnified stem cross section of Ginkgo beckii from the Columbia Gorge of Washington. After 150,000 centuries, the cellular structure (tracheids) is remarkably preserved. 400x