Got my first Loxia last week, though it is the maligned 35mm. It's better than I thought from the complaints it receives, but it's not very exiting either. Going to give it a while and see if it grows on me.
Fred Miranda wrote:
Lovely shot Brandon! You captured great atmosphere in a very nice composition.
Fred
Thank you, Fred, and everyone else. The rainbow shot was unexpected. I had not anticipated the brief hail and rain storm that hit me shortly after I started my descent, but it worked out pretty much perfectly. It moved through pretty quickly and was in the perfect spot by the time I reached the first open viewpoint on the trail.
Overall, I had great conditions during the three days I was at the Canyon. I'll add one taken with the 21. The lighting was quite interesting as there was heavy cloud cover, but it was high enough that there had still been a nice sunrise. At the point this shot was taken the sun was starting to rise into the cloud cover.
Thanks to Chuck Coyne for the great deal on his Loxia 35.
Here are a couple shots at twilight. First one is hand held at the end of a series of tripod mounted. The second is a traditional tripod mounted time exposure.
