I sometimes forget how good the 35-70/3.4 is. This is Drigung Monastery, north of Lhasa and a very significant historical tradition back to 1190 AD. They were the pioneers spreading the dharma to the far reaches of West Tibet and Ladakh (now a part of India). It has a renowned sky burial site, and people bring their relatives' corpses here in a steady stream. They wrap them in black linen, then carefully stack them just to the right of this picture.
This hummer turned around during off and like a bullet, it flew diagonally towards me. I managed to get 3 frames but this is the only one in perfect focus and nothing is cut-off
Đ AGeoJO 2022
Green-crowned brilliant, Ecuador
ILCE-1FE 600mm F4 GM OSS lens600mmf/4.01/4000s3200 ISO0.0 EV
Phillip, thats a great picture. Technically of course with the CY 21 and the composition is great, but far more importantly, it also tells an interesting story I really want to know more about (esp. when viewed on a larger screen, where the story emerges). Whos that person standing there, why is she standing there, whats the dress - it looks more ornamental than functional yet she appears to be hauling a heavy bucket, whos climbing the stairs to the right, what the heck is that building, whats on the other side of it, why are there no windows on this side, etc., etc.
Looking at Autumn Color on the far side of Jordan Creek with a little Autumn Color refected in the Creek.
Tripod mounted A1 and Voigtlander 110 f2.5 Macro Apo-Lanthar lens, FE mount; silent shutter.
ISO 100, f8, 1/125 second.
Exposure Corrected +0.18 Stops.
October 27, 2022
Along Jordan Creek, near the Pedestrian Bridge and Ford, Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, PA.
Finally some winter weather in Germany...
Taken with A7RM2 and SMC Pentax-A 645 45-85mm f4.5 plus Mirex T/S adapter. First one is a rear-shift stitch at 55mm f11, second one is single shot at 85mm f11, both cropped to 16:9 ratio.
Joe - I'm a bit late in commenting on your image, but it's certainly a striking one. I assume it's from the Florida gulf coast and all that material piled up on the beach is marine veg that's been blown ashore by the storm. Is that correct? Wow. Strong, very interesting image. Very cool. Steve
Tashkent's subway stations are well-worth a visit. Each one is unique and beautiful. You could spend an entire day getting on the network and getting off at the most beautiful stations to photograph them. Some of the ones I went to were: Yunus Rajaby, Abdullah Qodiry, Minor/Minar, Bodomzor, Kosmonavtlar, Oybek, Paktakhor. Tashkent is under-rated as a city to visit and live in. It was largely rebuilt after the 1966 earthquake, and many of the people who came to rebuild the city from various parts of the Soviet Union stayed back after the reconstruction to raise their families there.
Contax (CY) 21/2.8. Phuntsoling Monastery in Tsang, Tibet. Built in 1620, despoiled by the 5th Dalai Lama's acolytes in 1650. A wistful site, full of ghosts from that time.
ratherfish wrote:
Joe - I'm a bit late in commenting on your image, but it's certainly a striking one. I assume it's from the Florida gulf coast and all that material piled up on the beach is marine veg that's been blown ashore by the storm. Is that correct? Wow. Strong, very interesting image. Very cool. Steve
Thanks Steve, its actually the Atlantic coast line of Florida, and what you see is waves hitting coral rock. Most of the beaches in Florida are sand, but there are a few areas that have coral rock along the shore. .
When this photo was taken off the head waters to the Split Rock Dam near Manilla NSW, the dam levels were below 10%, next month we are looking forward to going back as the level is now at 100%.
Sony a7ii with sigma 100-400
