Yesterday, I finally brought a tripod with me on a drive up the Quinault River.
I've been wanting to capture this waterfall properly for a long time and something always was off -- no tripod, sun shining through the scene making the subject patchy, too much rain . . . the reasons to not get the shot were always against me.
Yesterday the stars aligned with bright overcast skies with just a hint of drizzly rain. Perfect conditions -- and the tripod in the car!
a7R4, Loxia 21, LRc, 2-shot pano
ILCE-7RM4E 21mm F2.8 lens21mmf/11.01/4s400 ISO-1.0 EV
I can officially announce that my recent purchase (here on B&S) of the "old" Sony/Zeiss 35/2.8 is a success! One wonders how an older design lens like this will compare or fit in with Zeiss Loxia and Batis lenses, and I'm happy to say it at least is not outside their general range of image quality, and that I'm pretty pleased with today's performance at the Hoh River rainforest in the Olympic National Park.
a7R2, Zony 35/2.8, LRc
ILCE-7RM2FE 35mm F2.8 ZA lens35mmf/8.01/60s250 ISO-0.7 EV
(i) from the CY 100-300, Ralung Monastery looks gnarly because it's alpine and lies at 4900m, only maybe 50 kms from Bhutan border. (ii) a rework of a CY 100/3.5 image, of the Yarlung Valley in Central Tibet; this small river becomes the Brahmaputra once it exits Tibet.
We ran into another Sony camera pro (a9II and a6600) on the trail, and asked her to take a picture of us against this well known root cluster of a fallen giant. We did the same for her with her a6600 and Zeiss 12mm Touit lens.
Notice the small trees growing out of the top of the cluster? Their size gives a good idea of how long ago the giant fell. Life goes on, and wastes no opportunity!
a7R4, Loxia 21, LRc
ILCE-7RM4E 21mm F2.8 lens21mmf/5.61/60s1250 ISO-0.3 EV
