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On the way back from my sunrise session at Bombo Quarry I kitted up with the new Sigma 50-500 OS (BigmOS) lens and looked for places I might stop and take some detailed landscapes with the long lens – all taken handheld.

Note: These images (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger – so click any of the images below to see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer.

This silhouette of trees caught my eye when I’d stopped to shoot (the other way actually :)) some rolling green hills flowing into the sea near Kiama bends. Shooting it almost into the sun (with a healthy dose of negative exposure compensation (-4EV) so as to not blow out the details in the water) with the sun reflecting brightly off the ocean produced this result (pretty much straight out of camera)

NIKON D7000 + 50.0-500.0 mm f/4.5-6.3 @ 210 mm, 1/5000 sec at f/11, ISO 100

I’d driven past this winding road going up the hill on a number of occasions and thought to myself that I wanted to take the shot – today was my chance – without the family in the car 🙂 and low early morning light raking the hills

NIKON D7000 + 50.0-500.0 mm f/4.5-6.3 @ 240 mm, 1/200 sec at f/9, ISO 200

Lastly from the headland above Gerroa beach (near Gerringong) – the blue water, the repeating curved white lines of the incoming waves and the textures of the green and silvery leaves were an instant attraction as I drove over the crest

NIKON D7000 + 50.0-500.0 mm f/4.5-6.3 @ 78 mm, 1/200 sec at f/9, ISO 100

In hindsight a polariser would have been a nice addition to the last two shots however the 50-500 takes a 95mm!! thread so not particularly common and pricey :). Perhaps one day if I get the 105mm CPL for my Lee filter system I can get a 105 to 95 step down and use it on this monster (no hood though).

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