Visited a Farm

My wife and I played local tourists at Ardenwood historic farm at Fremont, California.

I used a Tokina AT-X 50-250mm f/4-5.6 on 5N for the tele end, also tried my new Nikon D600 with the kit lens. Below are some NEX shots.

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Horseshoe Graveyard
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Flare, but I like the effect.
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Monarch Butterflies spent winter here in the Eucalyptus grove
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Very happy with this lens, it has quickly become my favorite adapted tele-zoom in good light. I'll add a post in the Sample Image Archive.

The picasa albums:
Ardenwood MF
Ardenwood AF (non-NEX)

Cheers!

 

Was shot RAW, then an "Auto Tone" in LR (actually reduced a bit contrast). It was against the sunshine, so with flare and dramatic.

 

Thanks Nic, great name for that picture.