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

2019-03-13 • SEND FEEDBACK |
Related: Alabama Hills, Eastern Sierra, Mt Whitney area, panorama, peak bagging, Sigma, Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM Sports, Sigma Lenses

See my Sigma SLR lenses wishlist at B&H Photo.

I’ve added twp 240 megapixel 9/10-frame stitched panoramas to the examples posted about 10 days ago in Mt Whitney and Alabama Hills, Pre-Dawn to Early Sun.

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

These panoramas are spectactular, but really need an 8K display at the minimum or a 15 X 5 foot print where it would still be 153 dpi. At the least, view it on an Apple iMac 5K. I have no space for such an image as a print, but it would be awfully nice to see it at that size. Check out the climbing anchors on top of the spike at center in the full-res version!

My thoughts with such results is that there is no need for medium format; dynamic range of the Nikon D850 is just about as good, and it’s faster and asier to operate a 70-200 on 35mm than on medium format.

Clouds and light on the Alabama Hills and Mt Whitney range north

f9 @ 1/25 sec panorama 9 frames, ISO 64; 2019-03-08 06:24:59
NIKON D850 + Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM Sports @ 200mm
ENV: Alabama Hills, altitude 4600 ft / 1402 m, 40°F / 4°C
RAW: LACA corrected, USM {10,50,0}, diffraction mitigating sharpening
looking northwest

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First light on Mt Whitney Range from Alabama Hills

f8 @ 8.0 sec panorama 10 frames, ISO 64; 2019-03-08 05:49:47
NIKON D850 + Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM Sports @ 135mm
ENV: Alabama Hills, altitude 4600 ft / 1402 m, 40°F / 4°C
RAW: LACA corrected

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