March 2011 POTM Winner

[gparr]

Congratulations to BeakerBob for his fine photo, winner of the March 2011 POTM Competition.

 

[drainbamage]

Congratulations BeakerBob! Very nice photo of a very nice specimen there!


and a secondary thanks to Gary for running these contests, I plan on doing better next month by using a photobucket account that actually works, I keep losing with my "bandwith limit reacher" picture :squigglemouth:

 

[Tabasco1]

Congrats and thanks for sharing the eye candy. Great shot! What kind of camera did you shoot with?

 

[revhtree]

Awesome shot!

 

[BeakerBob]

Thanks! Picture of the Majestic Angelfish was taken with a Nikon D70 using a Tamron 90mm macro lens set at 1/60 @ f/9. I used the on-camera flash with the camera in a vertical position.

 

[Superbike1098]

thats a beautiful angel

 

[fsu1dolfan]

BeakerBob sweet picture for sure and congrats. The detail in that pic is surreal!

 

[swannyson7]

Awesome shot BeakerBob!! How do you like the Tamron lens? I've been toying with the idea of upgrading from my Canon 60mm and the Tamron 90mm is quite a bit cheaper than the Canon 100mm

 

[BeakerBob]

The Tamron is a great lens with very good reviews at a good price. It is very sharp and has good background bokeh. The only thing I don't like about the lens is that it extends when focusing, while the Nikon and Canon lenses do not. This is not a big deal unless you are taking top down pictures using a look down box or a photo tube.

I have been more than satisfied with the lens and it rivals the Nikon & Canon in sharpness, detail and cost.

A good read about the lens can be found below:

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Nikonian Review: Tamron SP AF90mm F/2.8 Di Macro 1:1 Model 272E lens[/FONT]

Photo.net Review:Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM vs Tamron SP Autofocus 90mm f/2.8 DI Macro Lens

 

[SDguy]

Congrats on a wonderful shot!

 

[CJO]

That's a great picture of a beautiful fish. I've been looking at the Tamron 90mm f/2.8 macro for quite a while now. Just a few more pennies and it will be mine

CJ