My wife and I decided to take a bit of a break today and visited the Canada Blooms consumer show in Toronto with some of my Nikon 1 gear. This article features a few Canada Blooms close-up sample images.

NOTE: Click on images to enlarge.

I started out capturing a few images with my Nikon 1 J5 fitted with a 1 Nikon 10-100mm f/4-5.6 zoom. Later I switched over to my Nikon 1 V3 with the 1 Nikon 30-110mm f/3.8-5.6 along with a 16mm Vello Delux extension tube for Nikon 1.

The lighting was spotty at times so I decided to set my ISO to 3200 and shoot in aperture priority. To get the precise focusing I wanted I shot using single point auto-focus.

To get a little more depth-of-field I selected an aperture of f/8, then set about looking for some interesting details to spark my creativity.

It didn’t take long before I found a range of different shapes, textures and lighting to give the V3 a bit of a close-up photography test.

I quite enjoyed using the V3 set-up shooting hand-held for all of my close-up images, including the one above captured at 1/8th of a second.

Having the V3’s EVF to act as a third anchor point was very helpful when shooting at slower shutter speeds.

Towards the end of our visit I found a couple of flower subjects with some back-lighting which added some drama to the images.

While the J5’s 20.8MP BSI sensor does outperform the V3’s Aptina 18.4MP sensor with some subjects like landscape, the V3 does a very good job with close-up flower photography subjects.

The more I’ve been shooting with the V3 the more I have been enjoying it.

If you enjoyed this article and would like to learn more about the Nikon 1 system, you may want to have a look at our eBook, The Little Camera That Could. It illustrates the capability of the Nikon 1 system through hundreds of original photographs. There is also commentary and tips about the Nikon 1 system. The cost is $9.99 Canadian.

Buy

 

Technical Note:
All images were captured hand-held in available light using a Nikon 1 V3, 1 Nikon 30-110mm f/3.8-5.6 VR zoom lens, and a 16mm Vello Delux extension tube. All images were produced from RAW files using my standard process of DxO OpticsPro 11, CS6 and the Nik Collection.

My intent is to keep this photography blog advertising free. If you enjoyed this article and/or my website and would like to make a modest $10 donation through PayPal to support my work it would be most appreciated. You can use the Donate button below. Larger donations can be made to tom@tomstirr.com through PayPal.

Article and all images Copyright 2017 Thomas Stirr. All rights reserved. No use, duplication or adaptation of any kind is allowed without written consent. If you see this article reproduced anywhere else it is an unauthorized and illegal use. Posting comments on offending web sites and calling out individuals who steal intellectual property is always appreciated!