10/06/12 Featured Arkansas Photography–Wintertime sunset at Flatside Pinnacle

Sunset over Flatside Pinnacle in the Eastern Ouachita Mountains

Taken in January 2012, Camera Digital-Phase One IQ160 mounted to Arca rm3di, Lens-Rodenstock 28mm HR,  2 exposures to create a exposure bracket.  The wintertime in Arkansas can be very photogenic.  I was out on Flatside in early January 2012 working with a new Rodenstock 28mm HR lens with a Arca Swiss rm3di.  I wanted to test the lens in various combinations of focus and tilt.  For this shot I was able to get a hyperfocal of about 24 inches to infinity.   I used approximately 1/2 of a degree of downward tilt on the Arca rm3di.  The corresponding depth of field was amazing.   For this shot I took off my polarizer as it just did seem to make much difference.  The Phase One IQ160 performed very well here.  In the past when working with my older Phase One P45+, I found shots like this one impossible since the P45+ was impossible to work with bright highlights.  For example on this shot I would have needed to take a shot for just the sun and these several more exposure brackets to try and pull in the shadows in the foreground.  The Phase One IQ160 did this shot in 2 exposures.  I still couldn’t get it all in one, but I found the Dynamic Range of the Phase One IQ160 a vast improvement over my P45+.