{"id":122,"date":"2013-12-05T07:09:18","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T07:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/?p=122"},"modified":"2013-12-05T07:09:18","modified_gmt":"2013-12-05T07:09:18","slug":"macro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/05\/macro\/","title":{"rendered":"Macro!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have found myself doing a good bit of commercial product photography as of late and decided that it was long past due to get a decent macro lens. I had the good fortune to stumble upon a great sale on one of my go-to lens sites and found a new member to the lens family: The Nikon 105mm f\/2.8 Micro.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_124\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124\" style=\"width: 423px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC6435.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"124\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/05\/macro\/_dsc6435\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC6435.jpg?fit=1335%2C2000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1335,2000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Jason Furda&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D800&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1386029734&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 DivineMayhem Studios&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;66&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.04&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"_DSC6435\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Why hello there, sexy.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC6435.jpg?fit=604%2C906&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-124 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" alt=\"Why hello there, sexy.\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC6435.jpg?resize=423%2C634\" width=\"423\" height=\"634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC6435.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC6435.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC6435.jpg?w=1335&amp;ssl=1 1335w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC6435.jpg?w=1208 1208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-124\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Why hello there, sexy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This hunk of glass and metal is incredible. It is a beast of a lens. Not heavy or large, but more like a tank. It just FEELS solid.\u00a0 When I yanked it out of the box, I couldn&#8217;t help but get really close to a bunch of things&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/The-Tiniest-Rose.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"127\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/05\/macro\/the-tiniest-rose\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/The-Tiniest-Rose.jpg?fit=1232%2C1844&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1232,1844\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;14&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Jason Furda&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D800&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1386021712&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 DivineMayhem Studios&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;105&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Tiniest Rose\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/The-Tiniest-Rose.jpg?fit=604%2C904&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-127\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" alt=\"The Tiniest Rose\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/The-Tiniest-Rose.jpg?resize=423%2C633\" width=\"423\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/The-Tiniest-Rose.jpg?resize=684%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 684w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/The-Tiniest-Rose.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/The-Tiniest-Rose.jpg?w=1232&amp;ssl=1 1232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Like this rose bud.\u00a0 <\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Upside-Down-Crusher.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"126\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/05\/macro\/upside-down-crusher\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Upside-Down-Crusher.jpg?fit=1844%2C1232&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1844,1232\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Jason Furda&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D800&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1386026960&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 DivineMayhem Studios&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;105&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Upside-Down Crusher\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Upside-Down-Crusher.jpg?fit=604%2C403&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-126\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"\" alt=\"Upside-Down Crusher\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Upside-Down-Crusher.jpg?resize=604%2C403\" width=\"604\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Upside-Down-Crusher.jpg?resize=1024%2C684&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Upside-Down-Crusher.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Upside-Down-Crusher.jpg?w=1844&amp;ssl=1 1844w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Upside-Down-Crusher.jpg?w=1208 1208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a>Or Crusher, the silly kitty.<a title=\" \" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Deter.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"125\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/05\/macro\/the-mark\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/The-Mark.jpg?fit=1844%2C1232&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1844,1232\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Jason Furda&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D800&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1386028025&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 DivineMayhem Studios&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;105&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.4&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Mark\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/The-Mark.jpg?fit=604%2C403&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-125\" alt=\"The Mark\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/The-Mark.jpg?resize=604%2C403\" width=\"604\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/The-Mark.jpg?resize=1024%2C684&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/The-Mark.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/The-Mark.jpg?w=1844&amp;ssl=1 1844w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/The-Mark.jpg?w=1208 1208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Or a (mostly) empty bottle of whiskey.<\/span><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"123\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/05\/macro\/deter\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Deter.jpg?fit=1232%2C1844&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1232,1844\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;13&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Jason Furda&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D800&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1386177957&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 DivineMayhem Studios&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;105&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Deter\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Deter.jpg?fit=604%2C904&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-123\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"\" alt=\"Deter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Deter.jpg?resize=423%2C633\" width=\"423\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Deter.jpg?resize=684%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 684w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Deter.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Deter.jpg?w=1232&amp;ssl=1 1232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><\/a>Or this deterrent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I do believe that it will be easy to find fun things to shoot with the macro during my normal travels.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have found myself doing a good bit of commercial product photography as of late and decided that it was long past due to get a decent macro lens. I had the good fortune to stumble upon a great sale on one of my go-to lens sites and found a new member to the lens &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/05\/macro\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Macro!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s40I5Y-macro","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129,"href":"https:\/\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122\/revisions\/129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}