Sometime at the end of August, R borrowed a lens from his coworker for me. It was a 11-16 mm f2.8 Tokina wideangle lens, and it was really fun to play with.
Neither of my lenses are wide angle (55mm vs the 77mm of the borrowed), so that was a fun treat to play with. I have an 18-55mm and a 50-200mm, so it was quite different from what I'm used to.
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| camera + borrowed lens |
We headed up to Kamloops for a wedding, and stopped near Shumway lake to try some night photos.
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| Milky way and the mountain |
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| More Milky Way |
Unfortunately, it was quite cold so we didn't stay as long as we would have maybe liked. It was still fun though, and a good use of a different lens, and my tripod and timer. I don't think either of my other lenses would have worked very well, because you wouldn't be able to see enough of the sky to get the same perspective.
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| Fence near Tranquille on the lake |
I was playing with my camera mostly in manual mode, but I managed to overexpose most of my photos.. Oooh well!
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| peeling birch bark |
We had a picnic lunch with R's family down on the beach, where we saw otters, loons, grebes and random people..
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| Tranquille pasture through the SUV window. Nice UV filter! |
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| Adirondacks at Tranquille on the Lake |
I enjoyed playing with this lens, and borrowed another similar (12-24mm, f4.0 wide angle) lens to play with for a while. We're heading back up to Kamloops this weekend, so we'll try for some more star photos!
