I was quite fortunate to have captured 3 brave skiers up on the side of the mountain in Rocky Mountain National Park. They had skied from the top minutes earlier. My jaw dropped when I saw then descend down that slope. Fearless was the word that came to my mind. Thankfully no avalanches that morning.
I am happy with the Zeiss Loxia lenses acquired recently.These are very good optics.Sharpness,microcontrast, chromatic aberrations and color reproduction - all clearly better than the previous generation Zeiss lenses.
Swapped out my convenience Tamron 28-75 for the 24-105 G and greater flexibility. Not sure I'll be leaving the CV's at home a lot but the results gave me pause for thought
Looking down from the top of the Preserve.
Tripod mounted FE 200-600mm set to 600mm and A7rIII, silent shutter.
ISO 400, f11, 1/30 second.
Exposure corrected +0.71 Stops.
October 19, 2019
At the top of the Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, PA.
I am psyching myself up for the upcoming event in Venice and in viewing existing images, I came across plenty that have not been posted from 3 years ago. Anyway, here is one of them...
I stepped onto the ice cautiously calculating each step knowing that under all this ice was a lake. It was surreal. I remember the faint crackling sound as I moved forward into position to get this foreground leading back to the mountains. Dream Lake is what this lake is called. Sure felt like a dream being out there.
Being fond of the 50-55mm FL zone for more intimate portraits, I'm very happy this one manages to combine excellent OOC skin tones along with its other attributes. Particularly like the way it draws hair. F2.8 provides plenty of on-axis coverage while preserving separation.
Looking at a family of 2 Great Egret parents in breeding plumage and 2 nestlings (1 partially obscured by vegetation) in the nest.
Cropped; tripod mounted Sony 100-400mm f4-f5.6 GM lens set to 336mm and Sony A7rIII camera.
ISO 100, f5.6, 1/1000 second.
Exposure corrected +0.48 Stops.
May 11, 2019
At Gatorland, Orlando or Kissimmee, FL.
Peire wrote:
I am happy with the Zeiss Loxia lenses acquired recently.These are very good optics.Sharpness,microcontrast, chromatic aberrations and color reproduction - all clearly better than the previous generation Zeiss lenses.
