Night sky at the Grasshopper Creek campground by the Montana ghost town of Bannack.
16 images stacked in Starry Landscape Stacker.
I had intended to do some night photography around the town (it is a state park). However, the town closes at night and all I had was my state park campsite along the stream that runs through town.
Although I prefer the filed of view of the 21mm Loxia for night sky photography, I seem to get more pleasing rending and MW colors from the 25. I also love how, even at f2.8, the Loxia gives a nice star effect for Jupiter.
A lot of photography folks around here have been "focused" on the color changes going on in nearby Glacier NP (and for good reason). Meanwhile, back at home on the Rez, a couple hours south of the Park, we had a great sunset last night. This was taken a little after sunset when the clouds and mountains (in the east) were reflecting the deep reds of the fading colors in the west (almost like an alpenglow). Taken with the Loxia 35 (on loan from MontanaKid - thanks again, Jack!)
Somehow fine-art style, but done in colors! Nice shot!
graytrekker wrote:
Meanwhile, back at the ranch.........
A lot of photography folks around here have been "focused" on the color changes going on in nearby Glacier NP (and for good reason). Meanwhile, back at home on the Rez, a couple hours south of the Park, we had a great sunset last night. This was taken a little after sunset when the clouds and mountains (in the east) were reflecting the deep reds of the fading colors in the west (almost like an alpenglow). Taken with the Loxia 35 (on loan from MontanaKid - thanks again, Jack!)
Was visiting Redwood NP last week and got to play around with the loxia 21mm. The last 2 I didn't realize I somehow accidentally turned on crop mode. Guess I'll just have to go back
The 35 is considered as a mediocre lens but I like it very much. Pleasant and easy to use lens compared to 21 which is sometimes fabulous but needs to be used very carefully.
I am open to advice on how to post process Sony starscape pics. This one is shot with A7rm3 and C1. I find it difficult dig out details and color from the file without falling into overprocessed look. Would I be better off with A9? Years back I used to shoot with Nikon and I remember it (especially Df) putting out more flexible files.
I am open to advice on how to post process Sony starscape pics. This one is shot with A7rm3 and C1. I find it difficult dig out details and color from the file without falling into overprocessed look. Would I be better off with A9? Years back I used to shoot with Nikon and I remember it (especially Df) putting out more flexible files.
Care to post the parameters of your exposure?
[PS - I also have a Df and love it for what it is]
Needed a break from work so I did some editing. I didn't realize at the time that I had some lens flare. I pixel edited the egregious part, but there's still some visible artifacts on the trees unfortunately.
Right outside of the Prairie Creek visitor center..
vnmx wrote:
but there's still some visible artifacts on the trees unfortunately.
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That's sensor(filter stack?) flare. Typically the more you stop down your lens the more prominent that becomes.
Here is a side-by-side comparison of the Loxia 25 and 35.
I typically shoot my landscapes at either f8 or f11. These are both at f11, so not too challenging an f stop for either. It was a bit too breezy to focus stack a wider aperture.
I often go to this lake/reservoir just down the road from me to test lenses, etc - it's like my own outdoor lab - it has distant, sharp mountain peaks and ridges, different things going on in the mid-ground, and vegetation and rocks up front.
These two photos were taken less than 5 min apart. I only minimally processed these and tried to match the exposures without taking all day to get them exact. I thought it might be of interest to have two side-by-side examples.
