Frogfish wrote:
Just back from 4 days atop Huangshan Mountain in Anhui province, China. Pity the snow didn't arrive until the day I left ! It was quite cold though at -10C to 14C whilst waiting for the dawn.
Most work was done with the Tamron 15-30 on a D800E however the A7r was always in my pocket awaiting it's chance to shine. Note that Huangshan is famous for it's occasional 'Sea of Clouds' and is the mountain seen in so many traditional Chinese paintings. I was lucky in that I saw the 'Sea of Clouds' twice (in different locations) during my 4 sunsets and 4 sunrises. Missed the snow-covered monkeys though
So, first out of the cooker, at sunrise (A7r + 55/1.8), for a sense of scale the famous Huangshan Pines are between 10m and 30m high : ...Show more →
Nice one Kevin. I went to Huangshan in 1986, that was before the cable cars were there. Imagine the climb up and down the mountains! My legs were shaking for several days afterwards.
kdrk888 wrote:
Nice one Kevin. I went to Huangshan in 1986, that was before the cable cars were there. Imagine the climb up and down the mountains! My legs were shaking for several days afterwards.
Douglas
I can ! Lots of sympathy, and total awe, at those porters that carry 40 kgs for 5+ hours up the mountain for 50rmb (ca. US$8, US$5 for the return) twice a day.
I messed up both my knees and an ankle in Iceland last Summer - leading to 4 months virtually stuck on the upper floor of my home unable to walk ! This was a clear test for those poor knees though - but the excellent Cho Pat supports I wore, and my Black Diamond hiking poles, meant I felt hardly a twinge. Even after those 1,081 consecutive steps up to Feilaishi and then of course 1,081 back down again
Photo taken at 6:45 AM, August 17, 2015 as the sun is starting to clear the trees, Big Meadows, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. Image taken with my tripod mounted Canon new FD 500mm f4.5 L lens and my A7r, ISO 200, lens set to probably f11 for 1/60 second. Processed in LR6.
Rene...spectacular series! Wow!
Jannick...very nice set with the Loxia 21.
Ronny...Cool grab of Nitro! On a side note, I'm loving the Rx1. The files are incredible, and the lens is really superb!
Gregg
A7rll and ....
Looks like a lot of folks on this thread finally got or are getting some snow! It was a long wait this winter but we are getting 20-28 inches this time.
I enjoy working with studio lighting, but I also love the raw feeling of the flat natural lighting in this case. It is more rooted in reality and distills the image to the raw emotions. No makeup, no hair styling, and no editing. Just reality.
