Playing with my newly arrived Contax G 2/45 Planar, Metabones adapter on the A7riii. 5 shot pano stitched in Lightroom Classic CC or whatever they call it.
gabebalazs wrote:
Super rare occasion of 2 intercontinental flights meeting right above my camera, at 35,000 feet (well, with a couple thousands of feet separation between them of course).
Lufthansa Frankfurt - Mexico City (A340), and KLM Amsterdam - Houston (I think), (B747).
Captured over Toledo, OH https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5471/31285873085_228abed708_o.jpgKLM Lufthansa Rendezvous 2 by gabebalazs, on Flickr
Nice shots! I am curious how you knew the flight info from these pictures?
Chris_88 wrote:
Joshua: Did you get a new ride ? In all seriousness, another wonderful shot of this egret. The lightning and feathers are stunning.
Batis 135 wide open. This thing is sharp like a razor and exceptionally well corrected, but I'm still in the process of finding better, more frequent usage for this lens.
The new ride is actually reserved for my mistress - since we are fantasizing, we might as well do it more elaborately .
Thank you for your kind words on the egret. Great image captured using the Batis. I do have that lens, too. I bought it as a lighter alternative for the Sigma counterpart but I haven't used it that much yet. i will take it on an upcoming trip to Asia soon though.
Chris_88 wrote:
Lots of beautiful sunrise/sunset shots on the last two pages.
Joshua: Did you get a new ride ? In all seriousness, another wonderful shot of this egret. The lightning and feathers are stunning.
Beautiful waterfall image, Jordan. Sure looks cold, though.
For ISO 8000, that second shot looks like decent, Bob. Nice series. Having used the Sony 24-105 quite a bit recently, I realized that for landscapes I do prefer MF lenses with a hard stop at infinity and those nice ten-bladed apertures, as nice as the Sony zoom is.
Robert: A bit noisy, yes, but still great job catching the woody, esp. seeing how the Sony camera Nikon lens combination can be quite fickle for plenty of users.
Jim: I really like your composition and those warm autumn colors (on the previous page). How are you liking your Sony 24-105?
Marcus: Amazing panorama. Wonderful work that deserves a spot on more than one wall, I'd say.
Thanks Chris! I'm glad you like the colors -- the lens and a7R2 are quite malleable in LR for good results without getting an unrealistic look of "over-produced."
The 24-105G is one of the best overall lenses I've owned. I always liked the original Canon 24-105/4L IS, and still do for events with flash. But the color, contrast and sharpness of the Sony at f/5.6-11.0 is really great, and of course the zoom range is incredibly versatile for my needs.
On this autumn '18 trip, I shot a majority of my outdoor images with this lens. Partly it was dependent on the undependable weather we were getting, and not wanting to take "better" lenses into the sprinkles. This is a great f/8 lens throughout its range.
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I've been editing the images from that earlier trip and choosing either alternate picture choices of settings I'd previously posted, or on a few occasions doing an alternate PP approach.
Here two of the same setting with only a few days difference in time. I arrived in town late in the autumn season, the first shot here (October 28) just catching the best color as soon as I hit the ground running. The second shot is from less than a week later (November 5), following some stormy weather with high winds that stripped many of the colorful trees in Aberdeen.
The first one is an alternate version not previously posted, but the second one is re-worked and from the Sigma 24/1.4 Art, influenced by the PP I used on the first one.
Having praised the 24-105G so much, I must say that I prefer the Sigma 24 Art for 24mm (as I would also likely prefer the new Sony 24/1.4GM), but it's not meaning the Sony zoom is a dog by any measure.
? In all seriousness, another wonderful shot of this egret. The lightning and feathers are stunning.
