A LITTLE DUSTING by jojo butingan on Capture Kern County

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A LITTLE DUSTING

To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces and record the qualities of nature and humanity which live or are latent in all things. -Ansel Adams

Wayne Wong
commented 2 months ago

JoJo, I missed this one...a real winner. The IQ is superb. In the old film days, I concluded f/10 was the best aperture to use. However, I have not tested that out (but I will).
Lisa Harper
commented 3 months ago

Sorry I missed this one Jojo! How beautiful!
David Clendenen
commented 4 months ago

Gorgeous image Jojo! Bear Mountain really comes alive here! Ahh.... the 18-200! That's what nearly all of my older images with the D200 were taken with. A very fine lens indeed, with an incredible range. I've thought about the 28-300, and read it was every bit as good as the 18-200. I'm anxious to see your images and to hear what you think of it!
Richard Newland
commented 4 months ago

Ya the 28-300~will be a 42-450 on the D-7000 if you want it probably would work well for birds. That why I still use my D-7000 for birds I have that Nikon 300mm F/4 telephoto ~so it gets me 450mm and more reach than the D-600
jojo butingan
commented 4 months ago

Thanks, Richard. I'm still keeping my D7000 and I really like the 18-20mm lens that I could use plus now I got the 28-300 I could get more focus if I use it with my D7000.
Richard Newland
commented 4 months ago

Nice image Jojo~Nice color, love the greens and blue sky~The D-7000 is a winner !
jojo butingan
commented 4 months ago

Thanks, Steve.

I shot this with my DX lens 18-200mm nikor but your observation of the f/10 were true. I usually like to shoot at f/10 on all my nikon lenses my conclusion was that the nikon lenses were at it's optimum performance at f/10 (that is just my opinion) the prime lens could go as high as f/16 and still not showing defraction in any of my shots but I go only up to f/14 as much as possible. I got a 28-300 nikor F lens and cant wai tto put it to test and equivalent of my 18-200 DX lens and that lens can really produce some nice crisp images at the right setting. Check the Rushing Eagle shot from Lake Tahoe on Flickr and you will notice the pin sharp quality of that image at f/10 setting and that's when I got sold of the f/10 setting.
Steve Rengers
commented 4 months ago

Actually if you were using the 24mm prime for this i am sure it is a whole lot more forgiving of defraction than the ultra wide. Prime glass is amazing in that respect. I can shoot at F16 with my 105mm prime with no defraction at all.
Steve Rengers
commented 4 months ago

Oh my! very nice image. You are getting an exceptional depth of field. I noticed you settled in on F10 many times. I also fine that aperture is optimal on my camera for Landscape. I will say however that as i tested the 17-35, F10 had a slight bit of defraction. Its right where is becomes apparent. In any case you nailed it here for sure!