Bill C1664885404 Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 <p><strong>Canon FDn 24-35/3.5-L</strong><br> <strong>The weather provided a wide variety of thick & thin clouds, resulting in a huge range of colors as the setting sun lit them up from behind / underneath...purple, blue, magenta, pink, red, orange, yellow, etc...and the cloud patterns / locations were shifting around constantly on the breeze...j</strong><strong>ust an absolutely stunning visual light show that lasted about 20-30 minutes...up in the sky and reflected back down on the lake water.<br /><br />Must have 50 shots with most of them keepers but I couldn't stop shooting it was so beautiful. Even as I was walking back uphill and out of the woods I kept looking back and could see an even larger vista through the silhouettes of black tree trunks...almost stopped to set everything back up but it was so dark I just stood there and soaked it in for another minute of so. Anyhow, there may be others to share the further I dig, but here's a quick peek of Nature's handiwork right at dark yesterday.</strong><br> <br /><br /><br> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v630/roundball/PHOTO%20SHARE/031615%20A-Sunset%20Falls%20Lake%20Hwy50%20Bridge%20SW%2071%20LR_zpsxcsaa13d.jpg" alt="" /></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg_alton Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 <p>Lovely. Where is this?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill C1664885404 Posted March 17, 2015 Author Share Posted March 17, 2015 <p>A local lake in North Carolina (USA)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill C1664885404 Posted March 17, 2015 Author Share Posted March 17, 2015 <p><strong>Here's a slightly different view:</strong></p> <p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v630/roundball/PHOTOGRAPHY/SCENICS/SUNSETS/2015%20SUNSETS/031615%20B-Sunset%20Falls%20Lake%20Hwy50%20Bridge%20SW%2083%20LR_zpsnhbl5i4h.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="527" /></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill C1664885404 Posted March 17, 2015 Author Share Posted March 17, 2015 <p><strong>Scene while waiting for the sun to drop below the horizon and the color light show to begin:</strong> <br /><br /><br> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v630/roundball/PHOTOGRAPHY/SCENICS/SUNSETS/2015%20SUNSETS/031615%20Sunset%20Falls%20Lake%20Hwy50%20Bridge%20SW%2004LR_zpsaoliutzm.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p> </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psul_aul Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 <p>Bill - great shots! Are you using that 24-35 on a digital body? (if so which one?)<br> or are you using film?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill C1664885404 Posted March 17, 2015 Author Share Posted March 17, 2015 <p>Oh yes...when Sony came out with the mirrorless design, my entire inventory of Canon FDn lens from the 80's sprang back to life.<br />Not knocking film & film cameras at all...but I've been there / done that.<br />Retired, going on 70, this is my full time hobby and I want to take pictures...lots of them.<br />So its the best of both worlds for me...excellent Canon FDn lenses and unlimited shooting / no film costs.<br />( I use manual CIECIO7 FD / NEX Adapters with a tripod foot machined in...you can see it in the photo )<br /><br /><br> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v630/roundball/PHOTOGRAPHY/EQUIPMENT/MOST%20USED%20LENSES/b2f6c50d-bd59-42db-9100-dfb5d2651298_zpsbw0lkfdu.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="460" /></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awahlster Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 <p>You done real good there Bill that's some nice stuff.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg_alton Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 <p>Nice photos, even nicer place!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin_cozine Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Bill, great work! "Fortune favors the prepared mind" Or in this case, the ready camera. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill C1664885404 Posted March 18, 2015 Author Share Posted March 18, 2015 That light show was really something...don't always get that big range of clouds & colors, but every now and then hit the jackpot...that one will be hanging in a frame before long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed_lutz Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 <p>Lovely Bill, that first one especially. Wonderful colors.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill C1664885404 Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 <p>Thanks...atmospheric conditions really worked in my favor that day. A lot of post-sunset light-show scenes at my local lake are kind of so-so with the occasional pretty good one...but this particular trip just knocked my socks off and the Canon FDn 24-25L is just a stellar lens.<br />Been waiting for 'Shutterfly' to hold one of its periodic 50% off sales and just had a 16x20 made of it...now going to get it framed and set it on the fireplace mantle in the den.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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