City of Rocks

[DMLarson]

City of Rocks National Reserve, Idaho. These were from last February after we finally got a good snow storm. First picture is with the Z7 and a Zeiss Biogon ZM 25mm f2.8.

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Z7 with Konica M Hexanon 90mm f2.8

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Next picture is from a few years ago with a Fuji X-Pro2 and Fuji 90mm f2

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[Terri French]

Beautiful!! This is another place I need to check out. Now that we have retired we will have a lot more time to see all these places we've never visited.

 

[Palouse]

Great set. Never been there in the winter. The B&W shot is amazing.

 

[DMLarson]

Terri, it is a great place with lots of trails and some spots that can be seen close to the road.

 

[DMLarson]

Great set. Never been there in the winter. The B&W shot is amazing.

Thank you. I'd wanted to go in the winter for years, but was afraid of getting stuck. When I went I found that they had plowed the road for about 1/3 of the way in. I was still glad to have my 4 wheel drive truck.

 

[Butlerkid]

Another great series! Love #3 the B&W one! Any idea what made the snow prints in #1?

 

[DMLarson]

Another great series! Love #3 the B&W one! Any idea what made the snow prints in #1?

Thanks Karen. I think that the prints near the center are coyote. The tracks to the left are rabbit. I saw some deer tracks while I was there and I kinda think that the tracks on the right that are deeper were the deer tracks.

 

[catalyst]

Beautiful, Dan! The 1st and the 3rd blow me away. I've never been there, but when I first saw your title, I thought that perhaps it was the City of Rocks State Park in the Chihuahuan desert region of New Mexico which I have visited . . .

 

[DMLarson]

Beautiful, Dan! The 1st and the 3rd blow me away. I've never been there, but when I first saw your title, I thought that perhaps it was the City of Rocks State Park in the Chihuahuan desert region of New Mexico which I have visited . . .

Thank you. I've wanted to get to that City of Rocks near Deming for years.

 

[wembley]

Looks beautiful. Nicely done

cheers
Wembley

 

[Bohdan]

Beautiful scenes. I love winter scenes, and that is when my interest turns to landscapes. I'm curious on your thoughts re: the Zeiss lens.

 

[DMLarson]

Thank you Wembley and Bohdan.

Re, the Zeiss ZM 25mm: It is a beautiful, small lens that is very solid and well made. Since it was designed for the Leica M mount there is field curvature that causes the corners and edges to be less sharp than I would like if wide open. When stopped down to f 8 or 11 and carefully focused I get results that I am pleased with. I do like the colors from this lens.

This spring I bought a used Z 24-70 f4 and I don't use the LM mount lenses much anymore.