Douglas L wrote:
I made a quick stop in Phoenix Ancient Town Fenghuanggucheng (Phoenix Ancient Town) in northwest Hunan Province, China last week. I was there last year but decided to spend a night there again this time on my way to the national park. I am not a street photographer so please be kind. The young girls in colorful costumes are actually Han Chinese (the vast majority of Chinese citizens) dressed in the ethnic Miao people costumes for photography, fake news so to speak
Wonderful and quite dramatic images, Doug! Batis 135mm lens, huh? I remembered you took it to Italy and you sold it after you came back. So, you must have re-bought that lens then, right?
Some close-up actions here - yes, the lens is a great performer optically but what I find amazing is the IBIS. I took several of this guy handheld at this shutter speed and from a little awkward position, I may add. All of them are tack sharp without any hint of camera movement.
AGeoJO wrote:
Wonderful and quite dramatic images, Doug! Batis 135mm lens, huh? I remembered you took it to Italy and you sold it after you came back. So, you must have re-bought that lens then, right?
Some close-up actions here - yes, the lens is a great performer optically but what I find amazing is the IBIS. I took several of this guy at this shutter speed and all of them are tack sharp.
AGeoJO wrote:
Wonderful and quite dramatic images, Doug! Batis 135mm lens, huh? I remembered you took it to Italy and you sold it after you came back. So, you must have re-bought that lens then, right?
Some close-up actions here - yes, the lens is a great performer optically but what I find amazing is the IBIS. I took several of this guy handheld at this shutter speed and from a little awkward position, I may add. All of them are tack sharp without any hint of camera movement.
Thank you very much, Joshua! Can't believe how well camouflaged that gecko was. Very striking capture!
I bought and sold the Batis 135 many times. I bought one again for my trip to Portugal last year, sold it after the trip. Then bought one back after Fred bumped his old Batis 135 thread. I was going to pack the Sony 70-200 F4 G II for this trip but favored the even smaller size of the Batis 135 for tele. I think it's a very special lens. I gave the Batis to a friend in China before I left, and just bought one back again on FM. I must have owned this lens 4 or 5 times.
More from the ancient town.
ILCE-7RM5Voigtlander NOKTON 35mm F1.2 Aspherical lens35mmf/1.21s100 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-7CRZEISS Batis 2.8/135 lens135mmf/9.51/45s100 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-7CRZEISS Batis 2.8/135 lens135mmf/6.71/200s100 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-7RM5FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II lens47mmf/9.01/60s100 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-7RM5FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II lens70mmf/9.01/60s100 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-7CRVoigtlander NOKTON 35mm F1.2 Aspherical lens35mmf/8.030s100 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-7RM5FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II lens59mmf/3.21/20s100 ISO0.0 EV
Douglas L wrote:
Thank you very much, Joshua! Can't believe how well camouflaged that gecko was. Very striking capture!
I bought and sold the Batis 135 many times. I bought one again for my trip to Portugal last year, sold it after the trip. Then bought one back after Fred bumped his old Batis 135 thread. I was going to pack the Sony 70-200 F4 G II for this trip but favored the even smaller size of the Batis 135 for tele. I think it's a very special lens. I gave the Batis to a friend in China before I left, and just bought one back again on FM. I must have owned this lens 4 or 5 times.
Peire wrote:
Gorgeous set of pictures from China Douglas!
Thank you Peire!
A few from Zhangjiajie National Park in northwest Hunan Province, China, where the movie "Avatar" was filmed. I was there about a year ago too. This time I only spent two nights outside of park at a hostel owned by someone who works for the park. There is no lodging inside the park and the park is not open until 7:00 or 7:30, well past the sunrise time. I had to pay the hostel owner to "smuggle" me into the park before sunrise on both days, but both mornings turned out to be very foggy, no sunrise to speak of. It rained quite a bit too but the mist after the rain was just amazing. I would like to photograph this park again in winter when it snows. From all the pictures I have seen, winter is the best.
ILCE-7RM5FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II lens24mmf/13.01/60s100 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-7RM5FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II lens24mmf/13.01/10s100 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-7RM5FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II lens31mmf/14.01/20s100 ISO0.0 EV
First walk with Voigtlander Nokton 75/1.5 in Sony FE mount.Another very good/excellent Voigtlander lens with character.I like it's performance wide open as well as stopped down and it's 0,55m mfd,handy for (sometimes dreamy) closeups.So good it can be used at last without a dumb adapter.
ILCE-7CRVoigtlander NOKTON 75mm F1.5 Aspherical lens75mmf/8.01/60s500 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-7CRVoigtlander NOKTON 75mm F1.5 Aspherical lens75mmf/1.51/160s100 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-7CRVoigtlander NOKTON 75mm F1.5 Aspherical lens75mmf/1.51/250s100 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-7CRVoigtlander NOKTON 75mm F1.5 Aspherical lens75mmf/1.51/1000s100 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-7CRVoigtlander NOKTON 75mm F1.5 Aspherical lens75mmf/8.01/100s100 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-7CRVoigtlander NOKTON 75mm F1.5 Aspherical lens75mmf/8.01/640s100 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-7CRVoigtlander NOKTON 75mm F1.5 Aspherical lens75mmf/1.51/4000s100 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-7CRVoigtlander NOKTON 75mm F1.5 Aspherical lens75mmf/1.51/400s100 ISO0.0 EV
A few from Zhangjiajie National Park in northwest Hunan Province, China, where the movie "Avatar" was filmed. I was there about a year ago too. This time I only spent two nights outside of park at a hostel owned by someone who works for the park. There is no lodging inside the park and the park is not open until 7:00 or 7:30, well past the sunrise time. I had to pay the hostel owner to "smuggle" me into the park before sunrise on both days, but both mornings turned out to be very foggy, no sunrise to speak of. It rained quite a bit too but the mist after the rain was just amazing. I would like to photograph this park again in winter when it snows. From all the pictures I have seen, winter is the best....Show more →
. The young girls in colorful costumes are actually Han Chinese (the vast majority of Chinese citizens) dressed in the ethnic Miao people costumes for photography, fake news so to speak
