Another recent discovery: the (much maligned) AF-S 24-120 VR lens makes an excellent trip companion for the D700.
Blue skies in the Antigua Guatemala hotel at which we stayed. It was "La Quinta de las Flores" (and I don't mind linking the website here!); excellent service and the rooms were clean, nice and quiet. Now, the shot above had to be slightly underexposed in order to bring out the intensity of the colors.
Another case in which a third or two thirds of a stop of underexposure made a significant difference in the rendering of the sky. As for the red, it acquired a nicer, deeper tone, like wine.
This is the central plaza of Antigua Guatemala. I believe it's the North side, but I'm not sure. At the end of this stretch, one comes to a street known as "Calle del Arco" because there's a beautiful overpass that joins two buildings together.
Again, the old trick... and some day I'll learn how to correct the 24mm barrel distortion that my AF-S 24-120 lens causes on images like this one.Happy wanderings... and let's hope I get back to topic (that is, "Notes," offered earlier) some day!
2 comments:
is it old 24-120 (not now anonsed)?
Yes, it's the second version, the one with variable aperture and VR. The newest version is a constant aperture zoom lens, which opens all the way to f4.
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