This was a single exposure. I over exposed by one stop on the A7r, as I find every Sony camera I have ever had underexposes by .75-1 stop. Then I really pushed the shadows in LR and got the image to my liking. Then I dumped it into Color Efex pro 4 and used Tonal Contrast to finish the image out. I only applied Tonal Contrast from about the horizon down. I find Color Efex can cause some serious banding and posterization in blue skies if your not carful. If you inspect the image at 100% you'll find some noise in my wife's dress because of the aggressive shadow pushing, but it looks fine on screen and prints good to 17x22, but I wouldn't print it any bigger than that.
It's nice but I think the Zeiss will be better. The Sony 28 is sharp in the center wide open, but even stopping down its not at sharp as the 16-35 @28mm. All that said it does have some character.
Thanks Torralba! Every time I start thinking of selling the A99 and most of my A-mount glass to switch over to the FE mount system I remember that the A99 is a wonderful system. With the right lenses(Zeiss) you can produce world class images. I'm sure the day will come when I jump full boar into the small mirrorless world but for now I'll keep the A99 awhile longer.
Thanks Torralba! I'm really liking the lens so far. It has the best flare control of any lens I've used. It's the best landscape lens solution for the sony A series cameras right now.
This shot was taken in the Lordsburg Playas in south western New Mexico. You can see it on google maps.
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