Scene from inside a confectionary shop in Nice, France. A tour guide was excitedly describing the delights of the store. Luckily I caught it in the window from inside. Viltrox 50/2 Air.
*edit - added a black and white version with different crop.
Stopped by a local church/cemetery to snap a few pics this Memorial Day. Front and center is William "Bill" Dean's headstone...Bill was an elite paratrooper in World War II and a member of the 551st Battalion, known in history books as “The Lost Battalion", seeing action in France, Sicily, Italy, and Belgium. Outliving the entirety of his light gunners in the 551st, he was reassigned to the 82nd Airborne Division for the remainder of the war. Bill was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation, and received the Bronze Star and 3 Purple Hearts for his exceptional valor in combat. After returning home, Bill was called to a life of faith and spent his later years traveling through Texas serving pastor duties at various United Pentecostal Churches. He lived a full life, passing away at 92 years old and leaving an enormous faith-filled family and legacy of service behind.
I didn't know Bill, nor do I know anyone in his life...I just happened upon his grave in a small Texas town of 12,000 on a beautifully sunny day of gratitude for the sacrifices of strangers. This is the power of a headstone and remembrance in both written and photographic forms.
Vibrant spring greens along this wilderness creek with the Viltrox 14mm f/4 Air. Love that I can use a 58mm polarizer filter on this little gem - perfect for hiking in nature.
ILCE-7RM5Viltrox 14mm F4.0 FE lens14mmf/14.01s100 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-7RM5Viltrox 14mm F4.0 FE lens14mmf/11.01s100 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-7RM5Viltrox 14mm F4.0 FE lens14mmf/11.01s100 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-7RM5Viltrox 14mm F4.0 FE lens14mmf/11.03s100 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-7RM5Viltrox 14mm F4.0 FE lens14mmf/11.03s100 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-7RM5Viltrox 14mm F4.0 FE lens14mmf/11.02s100 ISO0.0 EV
Fresh dew drops on a pair of aging flowers. I'm finding this 135mm Viltrox LAB lens the most fun, digging into details like it's a macro! Poor thing - sort of unfair but the layers of petals are rendered so wonderfully, at least to me.
It appears to my eyes, the 50 air is a lot sharper than the 55 evo — is that mostly due to the diffusion filter Scott is using? I definitely see the classic rendering from the evo, but curious if it matches the resolution of the 50 air in regular use? TIA for any input!
