Jack OBrien
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 p.1 #1 · Another 80-400 Nikkor shot | |
This probably may not interest too many, but I've been wanting to shoot 'long' landscapes, etc. When shooting at 400mm, in hot and humid weather, it's amazing what effect the atmosphere will have on a shot.
I've always wanted to get this shot, but it's harder than it looks. The railroad tracks are way above the road that runs beside it, but there is one place where a slight hill elevates you to the same level as the tracks. Anyway, this is a fairly sharp curve, and the train has just come across the Satilla River, in a 45mph zone. I was a little over a quarter of a mile away, and wanted to show the train coming out of the wall of trees and greenery.
Anyway, what I wanted to show is, some people complain about sharpness of a long lens, when in fact it may just be atmospheric. Today was very hazy, and you can see some of that here. However, by looking at the crop, you can actually see the bending/breaking of the light due to heat, humidity, etc.
Here's the image, Nikon D2X, 80-400 Zoom-Nikkor
Now here's a 100% crop. Before you jump to conclusions, what you see here is not the lens, but the atmosphere causing the distortion of light. It's kind of the opposite of macro, in that you have a whole 'nuther set of problems when you're going long.
I am still quite amazed and impressed with this lens, plus, I like the look of the atmospheric distortion. For these types of images, it adds to the look of heat 
Jack
Edited on Aug 16, 2005 at 01:33 PM
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