Sand Wave: taken in Death Valley NP, early this year. Enjoy the view!

Wonderful composition!

very nice

I like that the golden road is spread with textured sand and extends to far distance. I would like to step on it on my foot.

Slendid shot! Nice colours! Well done!

Beautiful shot, but I can't help thinking it's a little soft on the bottom right. What aperature was this taken at? Regardless, I really enjoy the transition of this photo.

Thanks for your nice comment. I used F11 (at which the lens has its peak performance) and hyperfocus for this shot. The soft right corner is partially due to the fact that it is on the other side of the dune where the contrast is low so the edges are not so well defined as the sunny side. It might also be due to the lens' softness on the corners.

Nice colors and perspective. Gotta love that lens!

i would expect it to be sharper at the corners. maybe you focused too far out? I've seen that this lens has problems with light falloff too. I was considering buying that Nikkor, now I'm wondering...

thanks for your comment. The softness may be due to the curvature of focus plan. At f11 and hyperfocus, the DOF is from about 1 foot to infinity. So I am not convinced it is the DOF problem in this case, since the lower left corner is very sharp.

Anyway, the light fall off is very noticable, even at f11. So if you don't like this lens, think about other options.

Very nice!

Howard,

 

Your work gives me something to aspire to! Wow! The colors, the composition, everything just incredible!

I really love those colours :)

 

/Kristian

Thanks again for all your generous comments and ratings so far!