I was recently spending some time re-processing some of the images I took with the original Sony A7R several years ago. This panorama is a composite of six vertical images, stitched in Lightroom, taken with the Zeiss 16-35mm f4 ZA lens.
@shac, thank you very much! Interestingly, I was trying to look up what elk is in Chinese, in Chinese, it means "Canadian big horse deer". Here are a couple more in morning light. That's enough elks for now. I want to go back there next month when the foliage is at peak color.
I did not know how this image would turn out when I setup my composition. What drew me to this scene was the color relationship between the foliage in the foreground against the alpine lake and then repeating warm color on the foliage in the far bank. What surprised me were the reflections in the water of the snow from the mountain. They seem to shimmer. The spotlight effect of light and dark along the foliage, the path, the lake, and the mountain was pure luck as I think clouds had parted during my long exposure shot.
I'm really pleased with the performance of this Tamron 70-180 f/2.8 lens. It packs a great punch for such a light weight telephoto zoom option. It is much easier to handhold for hours then my Sony 100-400 GM. I'm waiting to see what our friends at Sigma come out with soon in a 70-200 zoom for Sony mirrorless. Maybe they will add In lens stabilization? If they can keep the weight down and add stabilization it could be a real winner.
Tamron 70-180 f/2.8 @180mm
A7RIV in APS-C Crop Mode
Looking at a wading Great Egret in breeding plumage.
Cropped, tripod mounted FE 100-400mm GM lens set to 400mm and A7rIII; silent shutter.
ISO 100, f5.6 1/250 second.
Exposure Corrected +0.98 Stops.
May 11, 2019
At Gatorland, Orlando or Kissimmee, FL.
. Here are a couple more in morning light. That's enough elks for now. I want to go back there next month when the foliage is at peak color.
