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Images => Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes => Topic started by: knb on April 16, 2023, 14:04:38

Title: Landscape with long lenses
Post by: knb on April 16, 2023, 14:04:38

Trying out 600mm for landscape. The Ice breakup in river Gaula (mid-Norway) with 300mm.

Title: Re: Landscape with long lenses
Post by: Birna Rørslett on April 16, 2023, 16:34:19

600mm demands a good eye for landscape details, but its use can produce very nice images.

Title: Re: Landscape with long lenses
Post by: knb on April 16, 2023, 17:51:18

Yes, it is certainly more demanding than the 300mm because of the very narrow field of view.
This is the f/4 AF-S G VR (just obtained), and it can certainly deliver if you get it right. Practice is the key here as always I suppose...

Title: Re: Landscape with long lenses
Post by: ColinM on April 18, 2023, 22:20:20

I agree knb
The longest I have is 300mm, but love attempting landscapes with it.

Title: Re: Landscape with long lenses
Post by: John Geerts on April 18, 2023, 22:35:34

It's a challenge, using long lenses for landscape ;)

Title: Re: Landscape with long lenses
Post by: knb on April 19, 2023, 23:07:42

Thanks for your comments Colin and John. It may be a challenge, but challenges can be fun. Just go for it with the 300, it can even be used hand-held. Something that is hardly the case with the 600 f/4.

Title: Re: Landscape with long lenses
Post by: knb on April 23, 2023, 23:24:24

At 840mm now (600m with 1.4x TC), by a lake at the northern outskirts of Oslo.

Title: Re: Landscape with long lenses
Post by: knb on April 23, 2023, 23:28:47

And the real reason for using the 1.4x TC (and for bying this lens in the first place), still at the lake maridalsvannet:

Title: Re: Landscape with long lenses
Post by: MFloyd on April 24, 2023, 08:29:20

A majority of my landscape pictures are made with long lenses.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51079400702_6560505614_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kPHhfs)
_8505160.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kPHhfs)

Nikon D850
Nikkor 500.0 mm f/5.6E PF
ƒ/8.0  500.0 mm 1/500s ISO 180

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51010126445_274bfd1c5a_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kHAeqH)
_8525103.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kHAeqH)

Nikon D850
Nikkor 500.0 mm f/5.6E PF
ƒ/11.0  1000.0 mm 1/100s ISO 64

Title: Re: Landscape with long lenses
Post by: Øivind Tøien on April 24, 2023, 12:08:13

Long-distance lucky IR imaging of the peak of Mont Deborah, more than 150km south of Fairbanks, more details on the technique here: https://otoien.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1730522322.jpg (https://otoien.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1730522322.jpg). Stitch of two horizontal frames.

(https://otoien.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1730522322.jpg)

Title: Re: Landscape with long lenses
Post by: Birna Rørslett on April 24, 2023, 12:19:23

Amazing detail given the huge distance away :)