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Hi everyone,

This is my first full topic post in this forum.    :rolleyes: 

 

On late March, I had a great photographic trip at lake Baikal, Russia. The lake has quite unique yet beautiful component of nature.

If you love to shoot landscape photography, I bet you will in love with it.

Today, I will share some of my work (36 photos) from this place here. So, you can judge it with your own eye.    :) 

 

All of my photos were processed by lightroom and/or photoshop.    :P 

 

And here is list of my gears that I used during the trip;

Sony A7II

Sony A7s

Sony Vario-Tessar FE T* 16-35mm f/4.0 ZA OSS

Sony Vario-Tessar FE T* 24-70mm f/4.0 ZA OSS

Sony Sonnar T* 55mm f/1.8 ZA

Sony FE 70-200mm f/4.0 G OSS

 

Samyang 14mm f/2.8 IF ED UMC (E mount)

 

 

 

If you want to view larger images, please feel free to visit here https://www.flickr.com/photos/gift-of-light/sets/72157649192518293      :wub: 

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“Burning Cave”

 

A7 + FE 16-35/4

 

ISO 100, focal length 16mm, f/19, shutter speed 1/10 sec (HDR blend with +2 and -2 stops photos)

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“Small Thing”


A7s + FE 70-200/4


ISO 800, focal length 200mm, f/4, shutter speed 1/500 sec


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“Good Morning Siberia”


A7 II + FE 16-35/4


ISO 100, focal length 16mm, f/13, shutter speed 1/10 sec


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“Mirror Lake”


A7 II + FE 16-35/4


ISO 100, focal length 16mm, f/13, shutter speed 1/10 sec


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“Frozen Land”

A7 II + FE 16-35/4 + LEE filter big stopper (-10 stops)

ISO 100, focal length 16mm, f/19, shutter speed 152 sec

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“Shamanka Rock”

A7 II + FE 16-35/4

ISO 100, focal length 16mm, f/16, shutter speed 1/15 sec

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“At Baikal’s Entrance”

A7 II + FE 24-70/4

ISO 100, focal length 24mm, f/8, shutter speed 1/350 sec

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“Baikal Highway”

A7s + FE 70-200/4

ISO 400, focal length 200mm, f/11, shutter speed 1/800 sec

 

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“Lake Runner”


A7s + FE 70-200/4


ISO 100, focal length 153mm, f/4, shutter speed 1/250 sec


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“Khuzhir”


A7s + FE 55/1.8


ISO 100, focal length 55mm, f/2.8, shutter speed 1/1,500 sec


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“This is how we fishing”


A7 II + FE 16-35/4


ISO 100, focal length 16mm, f/19, shutter speed 1/90 sec


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“Baikal Horse”


A7s + FE 70-200/4


ISO 100, focal length 197mm, f/4, shutter speed 1/1,000 sec


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“Journey”


A7s + FE 70-200/4


ISO 100, focal length 200mm, f/4, shutter speed 1/1,000 sec


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“Fire Lines”


A7s + FE 70-200/4


ISO 100, focal length 200mm, f/4, shutter speed 1/500 sec


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“Friendship on Ice”


A7s + FE 70-200/4


ISO 500, focal length 200mm, f/4, shutter speed 1/750 sec


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“Facing The Monster”


A7 II + FE 16-35/4


ISO 100, focal length 16mm, f/16, shutter speed 1/8 sec


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“Ice, Sky and Photographer”


A7 II + FE 16-35/4


ISO 200, focal length 16mm, f/16, shutter speed 1/90 sec


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“Photographer on Ice”


A7 II + FE 16-35/4


ISO 100, focal length 16mm, f/16, shutter speed 1.5 sec


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“Tracer”


A7s + FE 70-200/4


ISO 100, focal length 200mm, f/4, shutter speed 1/5,000 sec


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“A7 Mk II on Ice”


A7s + FE 55/1.8


ISO 100, focal length 55mm, f/11, shutter speed 1/60 sec


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“Crack”


A7 II + FE 16-35/4


ISO 100, focal length 35mm, f/16, shutter speed 1/30 sec


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“Cold Spike”


A7s + FE 70-200/4


ISO 100, focal length 131mm, f/13, shutter speed 1/200 sec


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“Ice Cave Explorer”

A7 II + FE 16-35/4

ISO 100, focal length 16mm, f/19, shutter speed 1/90 sec (HDR blen with +2 stops photo)

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“Sunrise at Shakanka Rock”

A7 II + FE 16-35/4

ISO 100, focal length 16mm, f/19, shutter speed 1/30 sec (HDR blend with -2 and -4 stops photos)

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“Ice Surge”

A7 II + FE 16-35/4

ISO 100, focal length 35mm, f/16, Shutter speed 1/30 sec

 

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“Frozen Hideout”


A7 II + FE 16-35/4


ISO 100, focal length 16mm, f/19, shutter speed 1/15 sec (HDR blend with +2 and -2 stops photos)


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“Goodbye Baikal”


A7s + FE 70-300/4


ISO 100, focal length 70mm, f/8, shutter speed 1/125 sec


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“X-factor”


A7 II + FE 16-35/4


ISO 100, focal length 16mm, f/11, shutter speed 0.7 sec


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“Thin Ice”


A7 II + FE 16-35/4


ISO 100, focal length 16mm, f/16, shutter speed 0.5 sec (HDR blend with +2 stops photo)


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“Ice on Horizon”


A7 II + FE 16-35/4


ISO 100, focal length 35mm, f/16, shutter speed 1/60 sec


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“Ice Planet”


A7 II + FE 16-35/4


ISO 100, focal length 16mm, f/16, shutter speed o.5 sec


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“Random Pattern”


A7 II + FE 16-35/4


ISO 200, focal length 16mm, f/16, shutter speed 1/90 sec


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“I see the light”


A7s + Samyang 14/2.8


ISO 8000, focal length 14mm, f/2.8, shutter speed 20 sec


 


On March 18, 2015, there was very strong Aurora Borealis, kp 9, spreading from the northern pole to this area, lake Baikal.


We managed to capture this special light at this place, may be once in a life time chance.


Though this photo is not great nor perfect, but it reminds me how that night was special.  :) 


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“Glowing Rock”

A7 II + FE 16-35/4 + LEE filters big stopper & 0.9 ND (-13 stops)

ISO 100, focal length 16mm, f/19, shutter speed 422 sec

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“Tail of Loch Ness”

A7 II + FE16-35/4 + LEE filter big stopper (-10 stops)

ISO 100, focal length 16mm, f/19, shutter speed 91 sec

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“Dawn of The Coldest Desolation”

A7 II + FE 16-35/4
Blending two shots of

ISO 400, focal length 16 mm, f/16, shutter speed 2 sec (for a man)

ISO 100, focal length 16mm, f/16, shutter speed 8 sec (for whole photograph)

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OK, it come to the end. I hope you will like some of them.

Let's say goodbye for now, until we meet again.    :wub: 

 

Gift of Light   :D 

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The only thing I don't really like about these pictures is that I didn't take them

 

 

Hi everyone,

This is my first full topic post in this forum.    :rolleyes: 

 

On late March, I had a great photographic trip at lake Baikal, Russia. The lake has quite unique yet beautiful component of nature.

If you love to shoot landscape photography, I bet you will in love with it.

Today, I will share some of my work (36 photos) from this place here. So, you can judge it with your own eye.    :) 

 

All of my photos were processed by lightroom and/or photoshop.    :P 

 

And here is list of my gears that I used during the trip;

Sony A7II

Sony A7s

Sony Vario-Tessar FE T* 16-35mm f/4.0 ZA OSS

Sony Vario-Tessar FE T* 24-70mm f/4.0 ZA OSS

Sony Sonnar T* 55mm f/1.8 ZA

Sony FE 70-200mm f/4.0 G OSS

 

Samyang 14mm f/2.8 IF ED UMC (E mount)

 

 

 

If you want to view larger images, please feel free to visit here https://www.flickr.com/photos/gift-of-light/sets/72157649192518293      :wub: 

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“Burning Cave”

 

A7 + FE 16-35/4

 

ISO 100, focal length 16mm, f/19, shutter speed 1/10 sec (HDR blend with +2 and -2 stops photos)

 

 

 

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The only thing I don't really like about these pictures is that I didn't take them

 

WoW!

 

amazing shots!

 

They are indeed magnificent. Awesome shots. Awesome nature.

 

Beautiful photos. Love the abstract ice.

 

 

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Thank you all :)

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Amazing photos. I'm very jealous, I'd love to go to lake Biakal one day.

 

On the battery front, there's nothing wrong with your camera, all lithium batteries behave like this in extreme cold - you will find that the batteries seem to regain their charge when they warm up. Next time, keep your batteries inside your jacket. When the battery in the camera runs out, swap it for another one while it warms up again. You will find that you can get a lot of shots with just two batteries, one in the camera and the other warming up. I've used this technique in -30 and it worked well.

 

Do NOT put your camera in your jacket, it will get covered in condensation, which will freeze again when you take it out!

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Am jealous ! Beautiful. Even better looking at from a nice warm home !

Thanks :)

 

 

Amazing photos. I'm very jealous, I'd love to go to lake Biakal one day.

 

On the battery front, there's nothing wrong with your camera, all lithium batteries behave like this in extreme cold - you will find that the batteries seem to regain their charge when they warm up. Next time, keep your batteries inside your jacket. When the battery in the camera runs out, swap it for another one while it warms up again. You will find that you can get a lot of shots with just two batteries, one in the camera and the other warming up. I've used this technique in -30 and it worked well.

 

Do NOT put your camera in your jacket, it will get covered in condensation, which will freeze again when you take it out!

Thanks for your useful suggestion :D

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These are truly amazing photos. I'm already following you on Flickr, nice to see you here too!

Thanks for your support :)

 

 

re the batteries - I've done a few night shoots and and I keep my spare battery in my shirt pocket so they keep warm. Not had a problem with them showing low power.

 

Brian

Thanks for experiment :)

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I'm a long time SAR reader but signed up to this forum just to congratulate you on these images. Stunning work!

 

Would you consider sharing how you made this trip? Did you go on a photography tour or did you plan everything out yourself? I'd really like to head to Baikal at some point, but I've always put it off and instead gone to more accessible places, so if you could share your planning process it would be much appreciated!

 

One again, inspiring images!

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