The morning blooming...

[JonA_CT]

or something like that.

I went out this morning to catch the sunrise over the river I live on. I didn't bring the 17-35mm lens I normally use for this kind of work...I went with my 50mm and my 70-300mm to give me some different perspectives. I missed it...but still got some nice shots, I think.

 

[Gary A.]

#2 is spot on! Well done.

 

[Derrel]

I LIKE the tele-look of shot #2. That would have sucked with a 17-35mm lens.

 

[Gary A.]

I'd go for a tighter crop, eliminating some of the bottom water, (the lighter portions of the water don't add much if any to the image).

 

[birdbonkers84]

I really like no.1

 

[smoke665]

Nice solid set, though I lean more toward #2. Well done on both.

 

[JonA_CT]

Thanks everyone! I kind of forgot about this thread as I got going on the portraiture work from the weekend.

I'm going to challenge myself to do more work with the tele lens. After a couple days away, I'm finding myself loving the compression and options that the tele lens presents.

 

[Derrel]

Thanks everyone! I kind of forgot about this thread as I got going on the portraiture work from the weekend.

I'm going to challenge myself to do more work with the tele lens. After a couple days away, I'm finding myself loving the compression and options that the tele lens presents.

For sure, a telephoto zoom (70-200,80-200,55-200,70-300,80-400, whatever one has) or a longer tele prime (85,105,135,180,200,300,400) makes for some very nice landscape photographs. Many experienced landscape shooters (like the ones that hang out at The Luminous Landscape site) really like the things a long focal length lens can do when it's used for landscape photography. I myself really like 70-200, and this summer I shot more with the 180mm f/2.8 Nikon prime than I had in the past few years, and a little bit last weekend with a 500mm mirror lens. I was VERY happy with a number of my landscape shots done with the 180mm prime lens.

 

[JonA_CT]

Thanks everyone! I kind of forgot about this thread as I got going on the portraiture work from the weekend.

I'm going to challenge myself to do more work with the tele lens. After a couple days away, I'm finding myself loving the compression and options that the tele lens presents.

For sure, a telephoto zoom (70-200,80-200,55-200,70-300,80-400, whatever one has) or a longer tele prime (85,105,135,180,200,300,400) makes for some very nice landscape photographs. Many experienced landscape shooters (like the ones that hang out at The Luminous Landscape site) really like the things a long focal length lens can do when it's used for landscape photography. I myself really like 70-200, and this summer I shot more with the 180mm f/2.8 Nikon prime than I had in the past few years, and a little bit last weekend with a 500mm mirror lens. I was VERY happy with a number of my landscape shots done with the 180mm prime lens.

One of our lovely forum mates sent me a Nikon N75 with a old "D" version Tamron 70-300mm. I used it at 300mm for this shot...I think the river I was shooting across was a mile plus wide at that point (very close to the mouth and intersection with Long Island Sound), and I needed all 300mm and some cropping to get the shot.

I really need to invest in a legit 70-200mm lens of some sort. I picked up an old Nikon 80-200mm push pull from KEH shortly after I got my D600, but I ended up returning it because I wasn't sure how much I would use it. It's time to start doing that research again.

 

[Derrel]

The old-ish Nikon 80-200mm f/4 Ai-S zoom is VERY sharp at typical working f/stops, and is around $100 or less all day long...many mistakenly think the earlier f/4.5 model is better...my experience is otherwise. I bought a MINTY 80-200 f/4 Ai-S (62mm filter threads) for $79 a few years ago; I would say that at f/5.6 or f/8, its images are indistinguishable from those of a modern $2,200 zoom lens.

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

Wow, if you think the other lens would have done better, I'd have to see that to believe it! These are beautiful.

 

[JonA_CT]

Wow, if you think the other lens would have done better, I'd have to see that to believe it! These are beautiful.

the 17-35? It would have been the complete wrong choice for these shots! It's just where my comfort level is as a landscape novice. Time to push myself.

 

[BrentC]

Nice set! Really liking #2.