dgdg: Glad you like the story and the scenes. It was fantastic with my son and great freinds and my camera. Much appreciated. Scott
wayneng: It is a pretty nice spot - unfortunately you need to book a tent site and thats the hard part. My 65km is what my fitbit said and is likely overstated based on smaller steps going up the mountains. Glad you like the set. Much appreciated. Scott
dwa652: It was priceless. He carried the food and I carried my camera Glad you like the set. Its always hard to choose a lens when you have not been there before. And choose the hike at dusk at dawn.. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott
Mark Metternich: Nice to hear from florida. Glad you like the series. Much appreciated your ever positive feedback. Scott
cherubino: The M5 is the perfect weight and the 15-45 is the perfect match with really good iq for its size. It has the c1,c2 and fast and okay burst. It is just the right size for apsc and hiking. No one else has a high quality 15-45 in this size among Nikon, Canon, and Sony. Glad you like the series. Much appreciated. Scott
Wonderful set of images Scott! I've been doing more hiking with my R these days, and leaving my 5DSR at home. The lenses are still heavy but the lighter body still helps. The R with the RF 24-105 covers a lot of territory. Combine that with your TS 17 and you're all set.
psharvic: Glad you like the story and pictures. Much appreciated. Scott
kylebarendrick: The trouble with R is it reduces weight by 300grams but requires 150grams for adapter so only 150gram difference for losing 40% ability to print. RP/17-40/adapter instead of 5dsr/ts17/24-105) would cut my weight in 1/2. But tough choice on iq. Glad you like the images. Much appreciated. Scott
A lovely set of images, Scott, made better by a fun (and impressive) story. Your comments about the 5dsR and the approaching 7th decade also resonate, and are a nice reminder of the opportunities available to those of us on the other side of that landmark--appreciate your willingness to share. Greg
Plinian: Glad you like the images and my (possibly fitbit exxegerated) story. I have decided to buy the sony a7rii and light lens (again) until canon can start making ligth (<650g) high mpx body (>40mpx) bodies with native light (<600g) lens. Food, tent, sleeping bag, tripod, clothes.... is tough on the back after 15km at 10% slope. There are light tools and my 5dsr/ts1724-105/tripod is just too heavy for long hikes. As I approach 60 you have less people to impress; and my buddies/son don't appreciate going slow for my sake although they don't say it out loud. Much appreciated. Scott
brafman: Glad you like the first. It is my favorite (and the one with me on the rock not because its a great picture but because it was a great accomplishment for me). Thank you for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott
Rajan Parrikar wrote:
The second image is my pick. Beautiful!
Thanks Rajan - I did to like it as much as the first and stopped processing earlier than I would otherwise because of the lack of flow to the picture. I willl take another look at it. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott
Scott, looks like you were "hanging on for dear life" (just a joke) holding onto the fir tree while you were perched on that slippery and precarious rock. Reminds me of the woman who took a selfie at a waterfall at Lake Tahoe and who slipped to her death. Nice shots.
Warkari: Glad you like the shots. PM me if you need advice. Much appreciated. Scott
dalite: The water was 'only' 4' deep in spots and the volume was not likely to sweep me off. I would mostly likely just get very wet and sore and cold. The hanging on was a camera illusion - it was meant to be a victory salute - I missed that there was a branch behind it. Glad you like the shots. I have a long standing promise to my wife to come home from adventure. Much appreciated. Scott
Nice images Scott. At 84 I've gone to a Sony RX100VA for hiking and plan to get the RX100VII to replace it. My 5DSR definitely has better IQ for landscapes, but the size and weight of the 5DSR just is too much any more and the Sony is too close to the IQ to fight the battle and weight size. Over the last 20 years I averaged 10-12 miles a day in the mountains surrounding the San Francisco Bay Area and Yosemite and have run about 20,000 images of these hikes through my cameras.
Glad you like the set. Its always hard to choose a lens when you have not been there before. And choose the hike at dusk at dawn.. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott