12-24-17

jhemp_00

This is the Middle Fork of the Gila River in the Gila Wilderness, NM.

08-01-15

jhemp_00

I love it!

07-10-15

jhemp_00

This was a single exposure. I over exposed by one stop on the A7r, as I find every Sony camera I have ever had underexposes by .75-1 stop. Then I really pushed the shadows in LR and got the image to my liking. Then I dumped it into Color Efex pro 4 and used Tonal Contrast to finish the image out. I only applied Tonal Contrast from about the horizon down. I find Color Efex can cause some serious banding and posterization in blue skies if your not carful. If you inspect the image at 100% you'll find some noise in my wife's dress because of the aggressive shadow pushing, but it looks fine on screen and prints good to 17x22, but I wouldn't print it any bigger than that.

04-27-15

jhemp_00

Thanks Torralba! Every time I start thinking of selling the A99 and most of my A-mount glass to switch over to the FE mount system I remember that the A99 is a wonderful system. With the right lenses(Zeiss) you can produce world class images. I'm sure the day will come when I jump full boar into the small mirrorless world but for now I'll keep the A99 awhile longer.

04-02-15

jhemp_00

GREASY! I like it.

03-25-15

jhemp_00

This lens single handedly got me interested in portrait work. You are correct when you say this lens is 'unreal'.

01-27-15

jhemp_00

Thanks Aquilan,
I love the high ISO on the Sony A99. I love the feel of the noise after 3200 and up to ISO 8000. This shot was at ISO 8000.

01-22-15

jhemp_00

Thanks Torralba! I'm really liking the lens so far. It has the best flare control of any lens I've used. It's the best landscape lens solution for the sony A series cameras right now.

01-06-15

jhemp_00

This is Western New Mexico University (WNMU) in Silver City, NM. Great little town!

12-02-14

jhemp_00

This shot was taken in the Lordsburg Playas in south western New Mexico. You can see it on google maps.