Going back to the Mandarin duck I shot with the GM 135mm lens. That lens truly delivers as long you can get close enough to these ducks. This image is barely cropped, BTW.
AGeoJO wrote:
And what a lovely visitor, the camera/lens combo counts, too, of course, but the most important factor remains the person behind the camera. What a wonderful image, Birdie!
Much appreciated Joshua. I am enjoying the new to me A7R4 , thank you . Now , I just have to remember that I can not use electronic shutter with these hummers got spoiled by the A9 .
AGeoJO wrote:
Going back to the Mandarin duck I shot with the GM 135mm lens. That lens truly delivers as long you can get close enough to these ducks. This image is barely cropped, BTW.
birdied wrote:
Jim, still enjoying your shots of Aberdeen.
Joshua absolutely gorgeous shot as well as the one on the 200-600 thread.
My first hoverfly and macro of 2021.
Birdie
Thanks so much for the compliment, Roberta! I keep looking for new angles on an old story.
I love your close-up work -- that bee is terrific!
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Here are a couple 2-shot panos: 1) A second round with this creek, this time not around sunset, but weather moving in from the West in mid-afternoon; and 2) The Welcome Inn in neighboring Hoquiam.
Looking at and along Skyline Drive toward early morning warm Magic Hour lit hillside/mountain.
Tripod mounted A7r camera and Leica M 90mm f2.5 Summarit lens.
ISO 100, f11, 1/20 second.
Exposure Corrected +0.10 Stops.
October 19, 2015
Along Skyline Drive, Big Meadows, Shenandoah NP, Virginia.
Here are some rough (non-scientific) comparisons of the Batis 18 and Loxia 21, same subjects and roughly same shooting positions, but exposure/PP tweaked to get in the ballpark. Mainly done to compare angle of view and "look." On one shot, the Loxia aperture ring got moved accidentally to f/9.0, instead of f/8, but doesn't affect the outcome.
