Posts Tagged: twilight
Sandstone Falls at Dusk
From my recent trip. This day with Randall Sanger, Robert Clark, and Josh Carlisle at Sandstone.
Updated 6/8/13 with a bit more refined version of the same image.
21mm Zeiss Distagon ZF.2, Nikon 800e, Lr4, Ps CS6.
Ahh… Still and Warmer Weather
Antietam. 28-90mm Vario-Elmarit R ASPH, Nikon 800e, Lr4, Ps CS6.
Knott, Since the Civil War
Two frame panorama, shot at dusk with a 40 year old lens.
50mm Pentax ƒ1.4 m42, Canon 5D Mk II, Aperture 3, Ps CS5.
More From the Day of Really Odd Light
Potomac river sycamore, Plantanus occidentalis. I would have probably framed this differently but I was shooting across the river and this is as tight as I could get. At some point I might crop some of the foreground, but I don’t like to crop. Virtually everything you see on my site is the full frame. Quality pixels are expensive and not cropping is a very good discipline.
80-200mm Zeiss Vario-Sonnar CY, Canon 5D Mk II, Aperture 3, Ps CS5.
Bales
Trying out a friend’s lens to see if I want one for myself. This is a Canon 70-200mm ƒ2.8L IS II at ƒ2.8. I returned the Leica 80-200mm ƒ4 Vario-Elmarit. I have a Zeiss 80-200mm ƒ4 Vario-Sonnar, and a Canon 70-200 ƒ4L IS USM. The Zeiss is the best of them all for my taste-certainly the sharpest and the best contrast. The Leica had really nice color rendering and a nice gentle style going out of focus, but a number of problems too. The Canon 2.8 is plenty sharp in the highlights but lacks contrast in the shadows, among other problems. This evaluation is not based on this exposure at ƒ2,8.
70-200mm ƒ2.8L IS II, Canon 5D Mk II, Aperture 3, Ps CS5.
Crossroad Dusk
Another fine evening here at the Crossroad, going the way of all things. These fields, lovely though they are, are nuked every spring by an agricultural chemical spraying company. They spray a cocktail of several herbicides, multiple insecticides, at least one fungicide, and fertilizers. They then follow with genetically modified seed, usually corn or soybeans, then spray some more.
At least one of the insecticides was previously illegal to use because it was deemed too dangerous. But it kills stinkbugs, so it is now OK to use. There were definitely fewer stinkbugs at my house this year than last, by a wide margin. The farmer doesn’t own this land, he leases it. Nor does he live near here. I live here.
80-200mm Zeiss Vario-Sonnar CY, Canon 5D Mk II, Aperture 3, Ps CS5.
Fox Bark Sycamore
Plantanus occidentalis
45mm Zeiss Tessar CY, Canon 5D Mk II, Aperture 3, Ps CS5.