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| View from Beinn a'Chlachair after sunset in June. Sony a6000, Sony E 16-50mm @ 39mm, 1/30 @ f8, ISO 200 |
I've taken around 9000 photos this year, which sounds a lot but I do take pictures almost every day and it includes many similar shots and ones of gear, camps, books, magazines, myself and other record and work pictures. Less than half that 9000 are photographs taken to capture a beautiful or spectacular scene. Here I'm posting my twenty favourites of those, with technical info for anyone interested.
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| Strathspey, January. Sony a6000, Sony E 16-50mm @ 16mm, 1/320 @ f8, ISO 100 |
My photo gear stayed the same all year, Sony a6000 and NEX 7 bodies with assorted lenses.. My most used lens was again the Sony 16-50mm zoom, usually at either end of the range. After that came the Sony 55-210mm and then the Sony 10-18mm. On and off I toyed with the idea of buying the Sony E 18-135mm zoom that was launched last January. I may still do so. On my GR5 walk I took the 16-50 and 10-18 zooms and missed having a longer zoom. The 10-18 and 18-135 sounds a good combination.
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| Snowstorm, January. Sony a6000, Sony E 55-210 @ 148mm, 1/160 @ f8, ISO 800 |
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| View from Toll Creagach, February. Sony NEX 7, Sony E 10-18 @ 10mm, 1/400 @ f8, ISO 100 |
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| After sunset, Strathspey, February. Sony a6000, Sigma E 60mm f2.8, 1/1250 @ f8, ISO 200 |
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| Woods, Strathspey, March. Sony a6000, Sony E 16-50 @ 50mm, 1/80 @ f8, ISO 3200 |
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| Ben Rinnes, April. Sony a6000, Sony E 55-210 @ 210mm, 1/500 @ f11, ISO 100 |
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| Cairn Gorm at sunset, April. Sony a6000, Sony E 55-210 @ 210mm, 1/160 @ f8, ISO 400 |
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| Loch Morlich, July. Sony NEX 7, Sony E 10-18 @10mm, 1/200 @ f8, ISO 100 |
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| Mists clearing at dawn, French Alps, September. Sony a6000, Sony E 16-50 @ 41mm, 1/80 @ f8, ISO 100 |
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| Lac Ste Anne, French Alps, September. Sony NEX 7, Sony E 10-18 @ 10mm, 1/60 @ f8, ISO 100 |
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| Forest sunlight, Strathspey, October. Sony a6000, Sony E 16-50 @ 50mm, 1/40 @ f8, ISO 100 |
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| After sunset, Glen Feshie, October. Sony a6000, Sony E 16-50 @ 50mm, 1/80 @ f8, ISO 100 |
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| After sunset above Glen Feshie, October. Sony NEX 7, Sony 10-18 @ 10mm, 1/20 @ f5/6, ISO 400 |
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| Autumn colours, Glen Feshie, October. Sony a6000, Sony E 16-50 @ 16mm, 1/250 @ f8, ISO 100 |
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| Lochan Uaine, November. Sony a6000, Samyang 12mm f2, 30sec @ f2, ISO 400 |
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| On Bynack More, November. Sony NEX 7, Sony E 16-50 @ 17mm, 1/320 @ f8, ISO 100 |
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| Mists, Strathspey November. Sony a6000, Sony E 55-210 @ 210mm, 1/160 @ f8, ISO 400 |
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| Birch trees, December. Sony NEX 7, Sony E 55-210 @ 77mm, 1/125 @ f8, ISO 200 |
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| Strathspey & the Cairngorms, Christmas Day. Sony NEX 7, Sony E 55-210 @ 127mm, 1/500 @ f8, ISO 200 |
Hi Chirs,
ReplyDeleteDo you capture in RAW and tweak white balance etc or leave the camera in auto and let it do the work?
Cheers,
Dave
Hi Dave, I capture in raw and tweak in Lightroom. I set the white balance to auto in the camera and rarely alter it though.
DeleteLovely photos Chris. I too am considering buying the Sony E 18-135 lens. My Sony's a6000 50 kit lens sometimes lacks the zoom I want. I don't want to carry multiple lenses as I'm not a 'photographer' so to speak.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jay. I am a photographer and I don't want to carry multiple lenses! Especially not on long walks, when I generally only carry two. This last year in particular I have been missing a longer zoom. On day trips and overnights I've been carrying the 55-210 but even then I don't like changing lenses unless I have to. Two bodies and two lenses is my ideal. The 10-18 and the 18-135.
DeleteThe Sony 10-18 and 18-135 does look like a good set up. The Samyang 12 mm looks like a good buy instead of the Sony 10-18?
ReplyDeleteThe 10-18 is more versatile of course and has stabilisation and auto-focus. The 12mm is a manual lens. The 12mm costs much less and is better in low light. I bought it for the latter.
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