Gunzorro wrote:
Hoh River rain forest trails, Olympic National Park.
a7R2, ZE 28/2, MC-11, LR
Nice work, Jim. I was lucky to have hiked in the Olympic National Park, in October 2017. I
was visiting my brother, who lives near Anacortes. Emphasis was on hiking rather than
photography. Then, last May, I hiked in the Muir Woods, Northern California, where there
was plenty of opportunity to shoot photos.
vdo1 wrote:
Impressive, did you climb to the Moon Temple too?
Thank you! Unfortunately, no.... The wait time to go up to Huayna Picchu where the Temple of the Moon is located was about 3 months. The agent didn't book my trip closer to 2 months and it was sold out. I almost didn't get the second trip to Machu Picchu on the second day. Too bad the sunrise didn't materialize but I did go to the Inca Bridge on the second day and I ran out of time to climb up to the Sun Gate. We had to check out and leave Aguas Calientes at noon. Oh, well.
Here is a closer view of the planks of the bridge. They closed off the access and this is the closest one can get to the actual bridge.
Val d'Orcia silhouette in the first one... Podere Belvedere in the foreground and Pienza in the background in the second one (8 minutes later from the same spot):
A few with the Voigtlander 50mm f1.2 on A7R2. The B&W shots have already been posted on the specific thread for this lens. A couple of observations:
1. These beef cattle are not as good looking as the milk cows in Norway (as photographed by Helena).
2. They are however enthusiastic photographic models and crowd round at a lens-lickingly close distance thus blocking out anything in the middle distance and so hiding some of the characteristics of this lens.
Wow! So many wonderful and diverse subjects on this page! Kudos to all.
Taking it down a notch in saturation: some buildings with attitude and character, under the overcast skies.
I have really become a fan of the rendering and sharpness of this Sigma 50mm Art lens (I also love the 24 Art) -- even low contrast scenes have a lot of pop in the details.
The wait time to go up to Huayna Picchu where the Temple of the Moon is located was about 3 months. The agent didn't book my trip closer to 2 months and it was sold out. I almost didn't get the second trip to Machu Picchu on the second day. Too bad the sunrise didn't materialize but I did go to the Inca Bridge on the second day and I ran out of time to climb up to the Sun Gate. We had to check out and leave Aguas Calientes at noon. Oh, well.
