Looking across Jordan Creek with late summer/early autumn flowers in foreground and early Autumn Color and reflection.
Tripod mounted A7r and Minolta CLE MC 40mm f2 M-Rokkor lens.
ISO 400, f11, 1/13 second,
Exposure corrected +0.60 Stops.
September 29, 2019
Along Jordan Creek. Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, PA.
Chris_88 wrote:
Joshua: Great, sharp capture of this epic battle between the merganser and its lunch.
Ronny: Wonderful work with the 200-600. It's a real pity that I haven't been able to take a lot of shots with mine yet due to time constraints.
Rich: Nice, sharp study of that big, woody bird.
Kevin: Classic Chinese landscapes expertly captured.
Thank you very much for the kind words Joshua, Jim, Peterk78 and birdied and everyone else for the Likes!
Gunzorro wrote:
So beautifully done, Helena! That shot with prismatic clouds is unique
and amazing. Thanks!
Quick tech question: Did you shoot mostly wide open aperture, or are
some of these with smaller apertures? Just curious as I am getting used
to the CV 40.
All in that set are taken at f/5.6 and most of the ones below, because it's really hard to focus manually in such weather. So I focus inside the bag using the markings on the focus ring and then take the camera out for a quick shot before putting it back in the bag. When it snows or rains with no/little wind I use an umbrella and then it's possible to shoot at larger apertures without everything getting wet.
Some more snowy shots, but in B&W this time.
A7II and CV 40/1.2 E
AGeoJO wrote:
That image was not taken in Japan, was it? I didn’t see any Japanese characteristics there....but it is a great cityscape nonetheless!
Thanks, Joshua. In fact, it's taken in Japan, in the port of Yokohama to be precise. You're right, though, Yokohama, especially the port area doesn't necessarily look the way people outside of Japan think of a Japanese city. That's no coincidence: Yokohama was one of the first ports to be opened to Westerners in the 19th century, so like Kobe, it has seen far stronger Western influences than say Kyoto.
