After the harvest
Sony A7r FE 70-200mm (103mm, f/8 1/400 ISO 50)
Dusty work
Phase One DF/IQ160 Schneider LS 240mm (f/8 1/500 ISO 50)
There's a region in southeastern Washington
and north central Idaho
that is a major agricultural area producing primarily wheat and legumes. One of the features that makes this area
unique is large areas of level land are rare.
Undulating hills with crops can be seen for miles.
Old Storage
Sony A7r FE 24-70 (24mm f/11 1/320 ISO 50)
Close up
Phase One DF/IQ160 Schneider LS 240mm (f/4.5 1/320 ISO 50)
We've know about this area for several years however we just
hadn't been able to visit it due to our other shooting commitments. That is until this past August when we
decided to take the time and do an all too short visit as we made our way north
from Arizona to Jackson
Hole . The trip from Tucson turned out to be a
little over 1500-miles and took 2 1/2 days.
Old Barn
Phase One DF/IQ160 Mamiya LS 55mm (f/8 1/400 ISO 50)
Palouse Field
Phase One DF/IQ160 Mamiya 120mm (f/11 1/200 ISO 50)
Having no experience in the area we decided to spend time in
Moscow Idaho
and travel into Washington
State just barely
scratching the surface. We visited the
areas around Pullman ,
Palouse and Colfax finding stunningly beautiful areas that just begged to be
photographed.
Palouse Harvest
Sony A7r FE 24-70 (31mm f/8 1/200 ISO 50)
Palouse Afternoon
Phase One DF/IQ160 Mamiya LS 55mm (f/11 1/200 ISO 50)
What should you expect is rolling hills with depending on
the season, crops or crops being harvested.
Beautiful skies, beautiful colors on the ground with an almost dreamlike
quality. Old buildings that have seen
better days as well as dusty roads.
Sony A7r FE 24-70 (70mm f/8 1/160 ISO 50)
Phase One DF/IQ160 Mamiya 80mm (f/2.8 1/2500 ISO 50)
This just scratches the surface of what you can expect and from
our too short stay; we are already planning return visits.
Image Samples:
What we've posted are great examples of how well the
Sony A7r can work beside a 60 megapixel digital back. You'll notice that in each case we're
shooting using the lowest possible ISO. The f/stops range from wide open at f/2.8 to
closing down at f/13. Another note is
that we primarily shoot in full manual mode being that we decide which stop we
use, likewise the shutter speed. It's
easy in a mirrorless camera like the 7r as what you see in the viewfinder is what
the sensor sees--which means what you see is what you get. It gets slightly more complicated when using
a camera with a mirror like the Phase One DF where you need to be aware of the
readings in the camera viewfinder.
Sony A7r FE 70-200 (144mm f/13 1/200 ISO 50)
You'll also notice none of the images were captured using
the Cambo WRS technical camera; not that Don didn't want to. The sole reason none were taken is that the
camera was sitting in Jackson Hole . We have a return trip scheduled very soon and
Don has every intention of using the Cambo as well as the infrared converted
Sony A7r.
Having limited time as we did, we stayed close to the Palouse
Scenic Byway visiting areas near Colfax, Palouse, Pullman and just skirting Steptoe Butte.
We'll be going back...
Sandy & Don