I took a pano more or less exactly like this in 2002, with my D60, except it was at midnight because it was July. This one was taken yesterday at noon. The 2002 pano was out of focus; I must have been tired, but it was one of my favorite photos from that trip. For the past 23 years I've been telling my wife that I have to go back and re-shoot the photo because it's pi$$ing me off. Problem is, it's a bit out of the way, and more importantly, I could not remember _where_ it was.
Fast forward to 2009 (I think) when the swine flu was raging and I had a few quality time weeks in bed to research the location. That was the time before reverse image search or AI or I think even street view, not that it would have been on the map. Anyway, I figured out the location. But still a bit out of the way.
Newly retired, I can do whatever I want, and so here I am, re-taking the pano from 23 years ago. This one is 17k pixels wide after cropping, and in focus. We've come a long way
The 2nd one is 28k pixels wide. Not the original framing, but since I'm already here...
Canon EOS R5m2RF28-70mm F2 L USM lens28mmf/7.11/125s200 ISO-1.0 EV
Canon EOS R5m2RF28-70mm F2 L USM lens28mmf/7.11/160s320 ISO-1.0 EV
if you wait for a few hours and brave the crazy arctic winds, and most importantly get lucky with the weather, you may get lucky and see the light by the lighthouse.
Canon EOS R5m2RF28-70mm F2 L USM lens28mmf/2.05s800 ISO-0.7 EV
stanj wrote:
Sorry for going on about my lighthouse, but ...
if you wait for a few hours and brave the crazy arctic winds, and most importantly get lucky with the weather, you may get lucky and see the light by the lighthouse.
You always have wonderful night sky shots ! Pure eye candy !
garyvot wrote:
Beautiful work Stan. I gotta love that you are doing landscape photography with the 28-70 f/2, haha.
Thanks, and glad you noticed Last time I was here I was also shooting with the 28-70L - the 2.8, that is - the 24-70L wasn't introduced yet. So in that sense, it's consistent.
I had a decision to make, which lens do I bring? The 24-70L, 24-105Z, or the 28-70? Since I will be shooting largely in twilight, and it's not always feasible to set up a tripod (or I'm lazy), being able to get sharp photos at f2 was an advantage (such as the blue hour photos on the previous page). Even at night on a tripod you can cover a lot of range at f2, sharp wide open. I have a tripod collar for the 28-70 if I end up doing serious night work with it, but I have the Sigma 14/1.8 and Canon 20/1.4 for that.
I took a pano more or less exactly like this in 2002, with my D60, except it was at midnight because it was July. This one was taken yesterday at noon. The 2002 pano was out of focus; I must have been tired, but it was one of my favorite photos from that trip. For the past 23 years I've been telling my wife that I have to go back and re-shoot the photo because it's pi$$ing me off. Problem is, it's a bit out of the way, and more importantly, I could not remember _where_ it was.
Fast forward to 2009 (I think) when the swine flu was raging and I had a few quality time weeks in bed to research the location. That was the time before reverse image search or AI or I think even street view, not that it would have been on the map. Anyway, I figured out the location. But still a bit out of the way.
Newly retired, I can do whatever I want, and so here I am, re-taking the pano from 23 years ago. This one is 17k pixels wide after cropping, and in focus. We've come a long way
The 2nd one is 28k pixels wide. Not the original framing, but since I'm already here......Show more →
Congrats on Retirement Stan, is this some where in Norway? Love the Aurora...
stanj wrote:
Sunrise or sunset? That's a trick question, because it's about the same right now
Really fine photography here Stan! Love the lh above in both "lights". The orange one is delightful!
Well done in all compositions. Trying to remember "this and that" has become a real challenge at my age.
Dan
