A look inside one of the green houses at the SATX Botanical Gardens.
This is the interior of one of the green houses. It's like a mini rain forest in here. The challenge with editing this shot was not going overboard with saturating the green foliage. I hope I struck a nice color balance. Batis 18 (single shot)
This is a sample of some of the colorful plants inside a larger greenhouse. Also with the Batis 18
digital_AM wrote:
A look inside one of the green houses at the SATX Botanical Gardens.
Excellent shots, Alfredo! Definitely strong!
I'm up against the same sort of color "believability" concerns with my Washington rainforest and general flowers and foliage -- sooooooo green and rich oranges. I guess we'll need a disclaimer whenever we post these: "You had to be there!"
The final conclusion is: does it reflect your experience? If so, it's honest, even if PP is involved. We're selling artistic ideas, not legalities.
I'm up against the same sort of color "believability" concerns with my Washington rainforest and general flowers and foliage -- sooooooo green and rich oranges. I guess we'll need a disclaimer whenever we post these: "You had to be there!"
The final conclusion is: does it reflect your experience? If so, it's honest, even if PP is involved. We're selling artistic ideas, not legalities.
digital_AM wrote:
Thank you! I agree with you on "you had to be there". I'm looking forward to seeing your rainforest images.
I've been posting them on this thread, intermixed between shots of my home town. We're talking the temperate rainforest of the Pacific Northwest, not the Amazon or other tropical rainforests -- just in case. . . More to come.
I glimpsed Everest in real life for the first time (as most Everest region trekkers do) on the 2 day trek (for acclimatisation) from Lukla to Namche Bazar, after climbing the very steep 700m altitude gain of Namche Hill, just before you arrive in Namche itself (3,440m at its lowest point and which is not only the largest village / town in the Khumbu (Everest) region, but the most expensive place in Nepal) !
However thrilling that may be Everest still seems relatively far away.
Not so when you wake up 2 hours before dawn for a strenuous one hour+ trek up a 440m/1400ft altitude gain, straight up the mountain, called Himalayan Hill at around 4,000m (a hill !), that itself descends right into Namche Bazar.
Sipping on coffee from a flask we waited in the double digit sub-zero temperatures for the sun to rise and, although hidden from view by these enormous mountains, it soon threw it's light on the main object(s) of our desire; majestic Everest (8,840m / 29,002ft) on the left and the beautiful Nuptse 7,861 m (25,791 ft) the mountain on the right. Nuptse by the way has 7 peaks, all within virtually only a 100m altitude difference of each other.
I quite like the crows in this shot, I have the same shot without. Maybe I should remove the lowest crow ? Opinions ?
This shot was taken with a Sony A7rii and a Zeiss Batis 85/1.8.
Konica Hexanon AR 21/4 - a very good lens,crisper/contrastier than Canon n/FD 20/2.8,Pentax 20/4,Zuiko 21/3.5,Rolleinar 21/4 by Mamiya and Nikkor 20/2.8 AF.
A72+Hexanon 21/4,f11
A72+Konica Hexanon Ar 28/3.5,latest,f11 - another very good lens
and at f4
A72+Hexanon AR 50/1.4,erlier version-very good/excellent lens,f8
and at f1.4
A72+Hexanon AR 85/1.8 - very good/excellent glass,at f1.8 - historical police car from the latest years of soviet occupation,i.e. late 1980ies
I glimpsed Everest in real life for the first time (as most Everest region trekkers do) on the 2 day trek (for acclimatisation) from Lukla to Namche Bazar, after climbing the very steep 700m altitude gain of Namche Hill, just before you arrive in Namche itself (3,440m at its lowest point and which is not only the largest village / town in the Khumbu (Everest) region, but the most expensive place in Nepal) !
However thrilling that may be Everest still seems relatively far away.
Not so when you wake up 2 hours before dawn for a strenuous one hour+ trek up a 440m/1400ft altitude gain, straight up the mountain, called Himalayan Hill at around 4,000m (a hill !), that itself descends right into Namche Bazar.
Sipping on coffee from a flask we waited in the double digit sub-zero temperatures for the sun to rise and, although hidden from view by these enormous mountains, it soon threw it's light on the main object(s) of our desire; majestic Everest (8,840m / 29,002ft) on the left and the beautiful Nuptse 7,861 m (25,791 ft) the mountain on the right. Nuptse by the way has 7 peaks, all within virtually only a 100m altitude difference of each other.
I quite like the crows in this shot, I have the same shot without. Maybe I should remove the lowest crow ? Opinions ?
This shot was taken with a Sony A7rii and a Zeiss Batis 85/1.8.
Peire wrote:
Konica Hexanon AR 21/4 - a very good lens,crisper/contrastier than Canon n/FD 20/2.8,Pentax 20/4,Zuiko 21/3.5,Rolleinar 21/4 by Mamiya and Nikkor 20/2.8 AF.
Originally, I was using a white reflector and Rachel saw the gold, flip side while the reflector was moved around. She suggested to use the gold side after that. It was actually quite fitting considering the sunset.
Gunzorro wrote:
Leave it alone, Kevin! It's breathtaking just as it is. Love your wonderful write-up as well. You made my day, thanks!
Haha ! Thanks Jim !
