Workshop: Great Sand Dunes NP Colorado: Just signed up for a night/sunrise/sunset workshop at Great Sand Dunes NP in Colorado. This is sponsored by Tamron and instructed by Tamron...

billnourse Loc: Bloomfield, NM

Just signed up for a night/sunrise/sunset workshop at Great Sand Dunes NP in Colorado. This is sponsored by Tamron and instructed by Tamron Pros. They will have all their lenses available for loan for the workshop so I should get a really good idea of what is great and what is not.

Bill

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

What a great opportunity. I look forward to seeing your posts when you return.

insman1132 Loc: Southwest Florida

By all means try everything you can and let us know your thoughts.

Have fun!

camerapapi Loc: Miami, Fl.

Today, with the excellent technology available to ALL lens manufacturers what usually separates a good from a mediocre lens are construction and tolerances. The better lenses have refined optics and much better tolerances. Independent lens makers had problems and I do not know how good they have been resolving those issues but one of the main problems they were having was creating a lens that would fit to the electronics of the OEM cameras. Usually new models would render the lens obsolete. It is very possible that those issues are over, although I see incompatibilities once in a while.
Tamron has some very nice lenses. I hope you will enjoy the workshop and let us see some of your work.

hpucker99 Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

billnourse wrote:

Just signed up for a night/sunrise/sunset workshop at Great Sand Dunes NP in Colorado. This is sponsored by Tamron and instructed by Tamron Pros. They will have all their lenses available for loan for the workshop so I should get a really good idea of what is great and what is not.

Bill

Sounds interesting, do you have a link to the course?

billnourse Loc: Bloomfield, NM

https://www.nationalparktripsmedia.com/workshops/photo-workshops

Here is a link, but it says that the Sand Dunes workshop is sold out.

Photocraig

My workshop and class experience with Tamron Pros has been excellent. Learn and enjoy.

rdrechsler Loc: Channel Islands Harbor, CA

Take good notes. That should be a great outing. Can’t wait to see the results.

Largobob

camerapapi wrote:

Today, with the excellent technology available to ... (show quote)

Construction and tolerances are only two of many factors. Optical design, quality (clarity, optical density, contrast, etc) of the glass, coatings, groupings, element types, weather proofing, electronics, focus motors, etc, are also factors contributing to the overall quality of a lens. Many of the third-party manufacturers are small operations that don't have the breadth of resources of a Nikon or a Canon. There are reasons why some Nikon lenses have a gold band, and some Canon lenses have an 'L" label. None of this happened by accident.

Blaster34 Loc: Florida Treasure Coast

billnourse wrote:

Just signed up for a night/sunrise/sunset workshop at Great Sand Dunes NP in Colorado. This is sponsored by Tamron and instructed by Tamron Pros. They will have all their lenses available for loan for the workshop so I should get a really good idea of what is great and what is not.

Bill

Thanks for the website Bill, looks like a great opportunity at not only SDNP but the others NP's mentioned. Look forward to your take, comments and photos of this trip. SDNP is a fabulous, off the beaten path, NP. Enjoy

ps, love the Farmington area.

mizzee Loc: Boston,Ma

Lucky you! When we were there it was raining, but I still got some good shots. Nice thing is that it won't be over run by fellow tourists. I just did a Tamron tour locally and they did a good job.

don1047 Loc: Colorado

One of my favorite locations. You'll really enjoy it.

wdross Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado

don1047 wrote:

One of my favorite locations. You'll really enjoy it.

One of my grandkids and my own favorite places also. If one cannot find enough to do there, you are not looking around enough. One of my favorite fun shots is to go to where the mountain stream disappears into the sandy stream bed and use a wide angle to include the dunes, mountains, and forest.