Couple falls

[Luvwine]

Went to some easy access falls today experimenting with new equipment....

 

[Ben Egbert]

That's a pretty nice place for a local. So what's the new equipment? Looks like it's working.

 

[AlanLichty]

I love the level of detail you are getting with this camera. I am also impressed at how well this is handling the dynamic range in this scene with the skies behind the trees in all of these shots. Beautiful falls and its hard to pick a favorite here but the more frontal view of the falls in the last two images grabs my attention and especially the close in view in #4.

 

[JimFox]

Hey Stephen,

Yeah, what's your new gear?

These all look nice, with #1 and 3 being my favorites. You got some nice smooth water.

 

[Luvwine]

That's a pretty nice place for a local. So what's the new equipment? Looks like it's working.

Hey Stephen,

Yeah, what's your new gear?

These all look nice, with #1 and 3 being my favorites. You got some nice smooth water.

Well, I bought a Fuji GFX100. It is a bit of a beast, but I am really liking the color straight out of the camera and the lenses are all quite good. Obviously, there is a lot of detail in the 100 megapixel files with a dynamic range that is even slightly larger than the Sony A7RIV. I am sharpening less than I do with my Sony A7RIV, and there is usually less to do in post due to the color simply being more accurate SOOC. The aspect ratio is different than the Sony as well (which I usually like). These shots were taken with the GF 23/4 and the GF 32-64/4. I am also trying to get used to using a square filter system. I have usually taken multiple exposures and combined in post rather than using filters, but am trying to do more in camera. It does slow me down and make me plan my shots, which is probably a good thing. Here I used a 6 stop ND filter and a 3 stop GND to help deal with the highlights of the cloudy sky. I still ended up reducing the sky in post, but it was easier to deal with. These are all somewhat long exposures tho nothing longer than 30 seconds. (One nice difference in this camera is the ability to do really long exposures when I want to as there is no 30 second limitation as on the Sony.) Also was using a polarizer in these. Two of them (2 and 3) are two-image focus stacks as well. Thx all for the kind words.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Wow, that's a lot of camera.