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2020-06-17 Lenticular Clouds from Alabama Hills — Panoramic View

2020-06-15 Lenticular Clouds from Alabama Hills

2020-06-15 Hasselblad XCD 65mm f/2.8 Aperture Series: View Over Alabama Hills Formations, Last Light on High Peaks

2020-06-15 Hasselblad XCD 65mm f/2.8 Aperture Series: View Over Alabama Hills Formations to Mt Whitney Range, Dusk

2020-06-15 Hasselblad XCD 65mm f/2.8 Aperture Series: Sagebrush Nook, Alabama Hills

2020-06-14 Hasselblad XCD 65mm f/2.8 Aperture Series: Lichenized Rock Formations at Dusk, View to Lone Pine Peak

2020-06-13 Hasselblad XCD 80mm f/1.9 Aperture Series: Alabama Hills Formations, Late Dusk

2020-06-12 Hasselblad XCD 35-75mm f/3.5-4.5 Aperture Series @ 75mm: View over Alabama Hills Granite Formations to Last Orange Light on Mt Whitney

2020-06-12 Hasselblad XCD 35-75mm f/3.5-4.5 Aperture Series @ 35mm: Last Orange Light on Mt Whitney from Alabama Hills Lichen-Covered Formations

2020-06-10 Hasselblad XCD 35-75mm f/3.5-4.5 Examples with Focus Stacking (and without)

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2020-05-18 Back to Form Again, After Loss of Fitness from Probable COVID-19: Ascending Horseshoe Meadows Rd to Cottonwood Pass from Mt Whitney Portal Rd

2020-05-10 SARS CoV2 aka COVID-19: Proof that Infantile Minds are Running California

2020-04-10 Evicted from Alabama Hills: Security Theater Brought to Bear on Health

2020-04-09 Cold Storm Hits the Alabama Hills Area

2020-03-31 SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19: Access to Alabama Hills, Eastern Sierra Status

2020-03-19 Smart Move with COVID-19: Boost Your Immune System with Sleep, Outdoors, Lowering Stress, Eating Well

2020-03-17 A Tale of Two Stores: Coronavirus Infection Vectors

2019-03-12 Experience Report: 2019 Southern Inyo Double Century

2017-04-01 Completed: Southern Inyo Double Century, and Using a Face Mask for Dust

Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG HSM Art

High performance mid-range zoom..

1. Examples: Alabama Hills
2. Aperture Series @ 24mm: Alabama Hills Rainstorm Creek
3. Aperture Series @ 40mm: Alabama Hills Creek Canyon
4. Aperture Series @ 70mm: Alabama Hills View to Snow-Covered White Mountains

Sigma 28mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art

Extraordinary optical efforts for outstanding performance..

1. Examples: Alabama Hills
2. Aperture Series: Alabama Hills, Late Dusk
3. Aperture Series: View to Mt Whitney Peaks From Alabama Hills, Very Late Dusk
4. Aperture Series: Road Grader, Alabama Hills

Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM Sports

Extraordinary optical efforts for outstanding performance..

1. Examples: Mt Whitney and Alabama Hills, Pre-Dawn to Early Sun

Canon EF 11-24mm f/4L USM

Extreme wide angle zoom..

1. Examples: Manzanar (5DM3)

Medium Format Magazine

Articles written for MediumFormat.com..

1. Phase One IQ4 Medium Format: the Summit of Image Quality (March 2020)

Schneider Kreuznach LS 35mm f/3.5

Wide angle 24mm equivalent for Phase One XF system.

1. Aperture Series: Alabama Hills Creekbed, Late Dusk (Phase One IQ4)
2. Examples: Alabama Hills and Mt Whitney Area (Phase One IQ4)

Schneider Kreuznach LS 80mm f/2.8

Compact normal 54mm equivalent for Phase One XF system.

1. Aperture Series: Last Light on Cottonwood Tree, View to Mt Whitney (Phase One IQ4)

Schneider Kreuznach LS 150mm f/2.8 IF

Medium telephoto 100mm equivalent for Phase One XF system.

1. Examples: Alabama Hills, Mt Whitney, Silver Canyon (Phase One IQ4)

Schneider Kreuznach LS 240mm f/4.5 IF

Long telephoto 162mm equivalent for Phase One XF system.

1. Examples: Alabama Hills and Mt Whitney Area (Phase One IQ4)

Fujifilm GFX100 Focus Stacking and FOCUS BKT

100 megapixels in a portable package!.

1. Fujifilm GFX100: Focus Stacking for Selfies, or People

Fujifilm GFX 50S Image Quality

Image quality assessments..

1. Stitched Panorama @ 120mm: View of Mt Whitney Peaks From Alabama Hills

Fujifilm GF 23mm f/4 R WR

Ultra wide angle equivalent to 19mm f/3.3. .

1. Examples: Alabama Hills (GFX 50S)
2. Focus Stacking Examples, Eastern Sierra (GFX100)

Fujifilm GF 45-100mm f/4 R LM OIS WR

Slightly long zoom lens equivalent to 37-82mm f/3.3..

1. Examples: Alabama Hills
2. Aperture Series @ 56mm: Alabama Hills Desert Wash, Sunrise View To Mt Whitney
3. Aperture Series @ 100mm: Sagebrush Hillside to Wind-Whipped Whitney
4. Compared: Fujifilm GF 45-100mm f/4 vs GF 50mm f/3.5: View Towards Mt Whitney

Fujifilm GF 50mm f/3.5 R LM WR

Slightly wide compact normal lens equivalent to 41mm f/2.9..

1. Examples: Alabama Hills, March
2. Examples: Alabama Hills, April
3. Examples: Alabama Hills, Astrophotography
4. Examples: Mt Whitney Foothills
5. Aperture Series: Alabama Hills Granite to Whitney Range
6. Aperture Series: Alabama Hills View Southwest to Receding Sierra Nevada, Last Color in Sky
7. Compared: Fujifilm GF 50mm f/3.5 vs GF 45-100mm f/4: View Towards Mt Whitney

Fujifilm GF 63mm f/2.8 R WR

Standard normal lens equivalent to 52mm f/2.3..

1. Aperture Series: View to Mt Whitney From Alabama Hills (GFX 50S, Focus Variability)

Fujifilm GF 110mm f/2 R WR

Ultra high speed telephoto equivalent to 90mm f/1.6..

1. Examples: Panoramas in the Eastern Sierra (GFX100)
2. Aperture Series: Lone Pine, Waiting for the Sunrise (GFX 50S)

Fujifilm GF 120mm f/4 Macro R LM OIS WR

High performance macro photography on medium format, equivalent to 99mm f/3.3..

1. Aperture Series: View to Mt Whitney From Alabama Hills (GFX 50S, Focus Variability)

Fujifilm GF 250mm f/4 OIS R WR

Telephoto equivalent to 200mm lens. .

1. Stitched Panorama: Mt Whitney Before Sunrise (GFX 50S)
2. Examples: Eastern Sierra, White Mountains (GFX 50S)
3. Examples: Alabama Hills in March (GFX 100)
4. Examples: Mt Whitney Foothills

Hasselblad X1D

Mirrorless large format with leaf shutter lenses..

1. Operational Experience: August 2018 Trip to Eastern Sierra

Hasselblad XCD 35-75mm f3.5-4.5

Normal lens equivqlent to 53mm..

1. Distortion for Hasselblad XCD 35-75mm f3.5-4.5
2. Examples: Alabama Hills
3. Aperture Series @ 35mm: View Past Rock Formations to Main Alabama Hills
4. Aperture Series @ 35mm: Last Orange Light on Mt Whitney from Alabama Hills Lichen-Covered Formations
5. Aperture Series @ 75mm: View over Alabama Hills Granite Formations to Last Orange Light on Mt Whitney

Hasselblad XCD 65mm f/2.8

Normal lens equivqlent to 53mm..

1. Examples: Mt Whitney Area and Alabama Hills
2. Aperture Series: Lichen-Covered Granite Slab, View to Owens Lake
3. Aperture Series: Meysan Lakes Meadow
4. Aperture Series: Lichenized Rock Formations at Dusk, View to Lone Pine Peak
5. Aperture Series: Sagebrush Nook, Alabama Hills
6. Aperture Series: View Over Alabama Hills Formations to Mt Whitney Range, Dusk
7. Aperture Series: View Over Alabama Hills Formations, Last Light on High Peaks

Hasselblad XCD 80mm f/1.9

Moderate telephoto..

1. Examples: Eastern Sierra
2. Aperture Series: Lichen-Covered Granite Slab, View to Owens Lake
3. Aperture Series: Alabama Hills Formations, Late Dusk

Hasselblad XCD 135mm f/2.8

Moderate telephoto..

1. Examples: Eastern Sierra
2. Aperture Series with TC1.7x: Lichen-Covered Granite Slab

Milvus 35mm f/1.4

Highest performing 35mm from Zeiss ever..

1. Examples: Eastern Sierra
2. Aperture Series: Assay Room View to Owens Lake

Otus 28mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon

Fast high performance APO wide angle..

1. Shootout: Zeiss Otus 28/1.4 vs Sigma 28/1.4A: Alabama Hills Creek to White Mountains

Travel and Places

Out of the way places and wonders..

1. Exploring Death Valley—Getting There and Exploring

Sony FE 20mm f/1.8 G

Compact ultra-wide angle lens..

1. Examples: Alabama Hills
2. Aperture Series: Alabama Hills Granite Monolith, Sunrise
3. Aperture Series: View Over Dry Wash to Early Sun on Mt Whitney Range

Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art

Native-mount ultra wide angle high performance zoom for mirrorless..

1. Aperture Series @70mm: View Past Lone Pine Campground to White Mountains

Sigma 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art

Highly corrected medium telephoto..

1. Examples: Alabama Hills
2. Examples at Wide Apertures: Flora at Sunrise
3. Aperture Series: Stars Over Mt Whitney, Pre-Dawn Deep Blue Sky
4. Aperture Series: View Over Alabama Hills to Wind Driven Snow on Whitney Range

Voigtlander FE 50mm f/2 APO-Lanthar Aspherical

High-grade manual focus normal lens..

1. Examples: Alabama Hills and Mt Whitney Area
2. Aperture Series: Alabama Hills Plain View to Mt Whitney Range, Pre-Dawn

Blog posts, reverse chronological

2020

2020-06-17 Lenticular Clouds from Alabama Hills — Panoramic View

2020-06-15 Lenticular Clouds from Alabama Hills

2020-06-15 Hasselblad XCD 65mm f/2.8 Aperture Series: View Over Alabama Hills Formations, Last Light on High Peaks

2020-06-15 Hasselblad XCD 65mm f/2.8 Aperture Series: View Over Alabama Hills Formations to Mt Whitney Range, Dusk

2020-06-15 Hasselblad XCD 65mm f/2.8 Aperture Series: Sagebrush Nook, Alabama Hills

2020-06-14 Hasselblad XCD 65mm f/2.8 Aperture Series: Lichenized Rock Formations at Dusk, View to Lone Pine Peak

2020-06-13 Hasselblad XCD 80mm f/1.9 Aperture Series: Alabama Hills Formations, Late Dusk

2020-06-12 Hasselblad XCD 35-75mm f/3.5-4.5 Aperture Series @ 75mm: View over Alabama Hills Granite Formations to Last Orange Light on Mt Whitney

2020-06-12 Hasselblad XCD 35-75mm f/3.5-4.5 Aperture Series @ 35mm: Last Orange Light on Mt Whitney from Alabama Hills Lichen-Covered Formations

2020-06-10 Hasselblad XCD 35-75mm f/3.5-4.5 Examples with Focus Stacking (and without)

2020-06-10 Hasselblad XCD 35-75mm f/3.5-4.5 Aperture Series @ 35mm: View Past Rock Formations to Main Alabama Hills

2020-06-09 Alabama Hills this spring was A+ Prime

2020-06-03 Hasselblad XCD 65mm f/2.8 Aperture Series: Meysan Lakes Meadow (Hasselblad X1D II 50C)

2020-05-26 Hasselblad XCD 135m f/2.8 + TC 1.7x Aperture Series: View Down Canyon to Owens Lake Facility (Hasselblad X1D II 50C)

2020-05-25 Alabama Hills Is Open to Visitors and Campers as of Friday May 22

2020-05-24 Hasselblad XCD 80mm f/1.9 Aperture Series: Lichen-Covered Granite Slab, View to Owens Lake (Hasselblad X1D II 50C)

2020-05-23 Hasselblad XCD 65mm f/2.8 Aperture Series: Lichen-Covered Granite Slab, View to Owens Lake (Hasselblad X1D II 50C)

2020-05-17 Sigma FE 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Aperture Series: View Over Alabama Hills to Wind Driven Snow on Whitney Range (Sony A7R IV)

2020-05-12 Sigma FE 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Examples: Mixed Lighting over Western Alabama Hills (Sony A7R IV)

2020-05-08 Sigma FE 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Aperture Series: View Over Alabama Hills to Wind Driven Snow on Whitney Range (Sony A7R IV)

2020-05-07 Sony FE 20mm f/1.8 G Aperture Series: Alabama Hills Granite Monolith, Sunrise (Sony A7R IV)

2020-05-03 Sony FE 20mm f/1.8G Examples: Alabama Hills and Inyo National Forest

2020-04-29 Fujifilm GF 45-100mm f/4 Aperture Series @ 56mm: Alabama Hills Desert Wash, Sunrise View To Mt Whitney (Fujifilm GFX100)

2020-04-16 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art Aperture Series @ 70mm: View Past Lone Pine Campground to White Mountains (Sony A7R IV)

2020-04-16 Fujifilm GF 50mm f/3.5 and Fujifilm GF 250mm f/4 Examples: Mt Whitney Foothills

2020-04-14 View over White Granite Boulders and Sages and Grasses past Alabama Hills formations to Mt Whitney Peaks

2020-04-11 Fujifilm GF 45-100mm f/4 Aperture Series @ 100mm: Sagebrush and Weathered Granite Hillside to Wind-Whipped Whitney (Fujifilm GFX100)

2020-04-10 Evicted from Alabama Hills: Security Theater Brought to Bear on Health

2020-04-09 Cold Storm Hits the Alabama Hills Area

2020-04-05 Fujifilm GF 45-100mm f/4 Examples: Alabama Hills (Fujifilm GFX100)

2020-04-04 Scaling to 240 Megapixels with Gigapixel AI: the Voigtlander 50mm f/2 APO-Lanthar image “Alabama Hills Plain View to Mt Whitney Range”

2020-04-03 Shootout: Fujifilm GF 50mm f/3.5 R LM vs Fujifilm GF 45-100mm f/4: View Over Granite Formations to Mt Whitney (Fujifilm GFX100)

2020-04-02 Sony FE 20mm f/1.8 G Examples: Alabama Hills (Sony A7R IV)

2020-04-01 Sigma FE 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Examples: Alabama Hills (Sony A7R IV)

2020-03-31 Sony FE 20mm f/1.8 G Aperture Series: View Over Dry Wash to Early Sun on Mt Whitney Range (Sony A7R IV)

2020-03-31 SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19: Access to Alabama Hills, Eastern Sierra Status

2020-03-30 Fujifilm GF 50mm f/3.5 R LM WR Aperture Series: Alabama Hills View Southwest to Receding Sierra Nevada, Last Color in Sky (Fujifilm GFX100)

2020-03-29 Fujifilm GF 50mm f/3.5 R LM WR Aperture Series: Alabama Hills Granite to Whitney Range (Fujifilm GFX100)

2020-03-28 Good Morning on March 28

2020-03-28 Fujifilm GF 50mm f/3.5 R LM WR Examples: Alabama Hills (Fujifilm GFX100)

2020-03-26 Today’s Weather in Alabama Hills

2020-03-25 Sigma FE 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Examples: Alabama Hills (Sony A7R IV)

2020-03-25 Sigma FE 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Aperture Series: Stars Over Mt Whitney, Pre-Dawn Deep Blue Sky (Sony A7R IV)

2020-03-23 Today’s Weather in Alabama Hills

2020-03-22 Voigtlander 50mm f/2 APO-Lanthar Aperture Series: Alabama Hills Plain View to Mt Whitney Range, Pre-Dawn (Sony A7R IV)

2020-03-21 Voigtlander 50mm f/2 APO-Lanthar Examples: Alabama Hills (Sony A7R IV)

2020-03-19 Smart Move with COVID-19: Boost Your Immune System with Sleep, Outdoors, Lowering Stress, Eating Well

2020-03-17 A Tale of Two Stores: Coronavirus Infection Vectors

2020-03-16 Sigma FE 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Examples: Alabama Hills (Sony A7R IV)

2020-02-26 Phase One IQ4 with Schneider Kreuznach LS 80mm f/2.8 Aperture Series: Last Light on Cottonwood Tree, View to Mt Whitney

2020-02-26 Phase One IQ4 + Schneider Kreuznach LS 35mm f/3.5 Examples: Alabama Hills

2020-02-26 Phase One IQ4 + Schneider Kreuznach LS 35mm f/3.5 Aperture Series: Alabama Hills Creekbed, Late Dusk

2019

2019-12-13 Good Morning from Alabama Hills

2019-12-13 Good Evening from Alabama Hills

2019-12-12 Schneider Kreuznach LS 240mm f/4.5 Example: Alpenglow On Mt Whitney (Phase One IQ4)

2019-12-12 Good Morning from Alabama Hills

2019-09-09 Fujifilm GF 110mm f/2: Panoramas in the Eastern Sierra

2019-09-09 Focus Stacking Selfies with the Fujifilm GFX100 (Mt Whitney Zone Sign)

2019-08-20 Fujifilm GFX100 Focus Stacking For Selfies, People: White Mountain Peak, Mt Whitney

2019-03-18 Sigma 28mm f/1.4 DG HSM Aperture Series: Road Grader, Alabama Hills (Nikon D850)

2019-03-13 Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 DG HSM Sports Panorama: Clouds at Sunrise, Alabama Hills and Mt Whitney Range

2019-03-13 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG HSM Art Aperture Series @ 24mm: Alabama Hills Rainstorm Creek (Nikon D850)

2019-03-08 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG HSM Art Aperture Series @ 24mm: Alabama Hills Rainstorm Creek (Nikon D850)

2019-03-07 Shootout: Zeiss Otus 28/1.4 vs Sigma 28/1.4A: Alabama Hills Creek to White Mountains (Nikon D850)

2019-03-06 Sprinter in Alabama Hills (Panorama)

2019-03-06 Sigma 28mm f/1.4 DG HSM Aperture Series: View of Peaks near Mt Whitney, Very Late Dusk (Nikon D850)

2019-03-06 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG HSM Art Aperture Series @ 24mm: Alabama Hills Rainstorm Creek (Nikon D850)

2019-03-05 Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 DG HSM Sports Examples: Mt Whitney and Alabama Hills, Pre-Dawn to Early Sun

2019-03-05 Sigma 28mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Aperture Series: Alabama Hills, Dusk (Nikon D850)

2019-03-04 Camping in Alabama Hills (Late Dusk Shot with Sigma 28mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art), UPDATED with Reader Comment

2019-01-20 Fujifilm GF 250mm f/4 R LM OIS WR: Making a 91-Megapixel Panorama “Winter Solstice Sunrise on Mt Whitney” (Fujifilm GFX-50R)

2019-01-20 Fujifilm GF 23mm f/4 Examples: Alabama Hills (Fujifilm GFX-50R)

2018

2018-08-22 Summited Mt Whitney, Headed Home

2018-08-15 Back in 2001 the Nikon D1X Went to Mt Whitney; Here in 2018 the Hasselblad X1D Gets Its Shot

2017

2017-09-24 Zeiss Milvus 35mm f/1.4 Distagon: Excellent for Focus Stacking

2017-08-04 Fujifilm GF 110mmm f/2 R WR Aperture Series: Lone Pine, Waiting for Sunrise (UPDATE)

2017-08-03 Fujifilm GF 110mmm f/2 R WR Aperture Series: Lone Pine, Waiting for Sunrise

2017-05-21 Stitched Panoramas with Fujifilm GFX and GF 120/4: View to Mt Whitney From Alabama Hills

2017-05-19 Fujifilm GFX Focusing Precision and Aperture Series with GF 120/4: View to Mt Whitney From Alabama Hills

2017-04-14 Fujifilm GFX Focusing Precision and Aperture Series with 63/2.8: View to Mt Whitney From Alabama Hills

2015

2015-03-19 Canon 11-24mm f/4L Aperture Series: Examples at Manzanar

2015-03-16 Manzanar (WW II Relocation Camp for Japanese Americans)

2015-03-12 Panoramic Megapixels (stitching): Olympus EM5 Mark II, Lone Pine and Mt Whitney