JohnBoy5562 Loc: Alabama

I’m planning a trip to Cloudland Canyon this Friday and wanted to know which camera and lens you would take. The Nikon D7100 or the D850 and the lens are Nikkor 20mm Ai 3.5, Nikkor 24mm Ai 2.8, AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm F2.8G ED, AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm 1:2.8G ED, AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm F4 G ED. I only wanted to take two lens one prime and one zoom because of the weight. I will be hiking to the waterfalls. I want to take long exposure of the waterfalls and a few portraits of friends along the way.

Thomas902 Loc: Washington DC

John have you considered the AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm 1:2.8G ED for both the Headshots and the long exposure...

The image of Great Falls VA National Park (Mather Gorge) was done with
Camera: Nikon D700 (2 Sec Exp) f/11; ISO: 200; FL 250mm
Lens: Vintage (circa 1989) AF 75-300mm f/4.5-5.6 Nikkor
Filter: B&W 62mm 10 Stop ND

Tripod: SIRUI T-100SX
Tripod Head: SIRUI L-20S

The Agency Model was captured with a Nikon D3x
Lens: 300 mm f/2.8 at f/3.2, 1/250 sec, ISO 100
SIRUI P424 Carbon Fiber Monopod

Hope this helps John... enjoy your outing!

Great Falls VA National Park (Mather Gorge)


Great Falls VA National Park (Mather Gorge) Vintage (circa 1989) AF 75-300mm f/4.5-5.6 Nikkor on a D700

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Agency represented Fashion Model at a Botanical Garden on a Private estate (Germantown, MD)

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JohnBoy5562 Loc: Alabama

I have not. I looked and it a nice lens but I already have the 24-120mm. I was just asking out if the lens I already owned. I was thinking of taking the 20mm and the 70-200mm but the 70-200mm is a heavy lens. So I’ll probably take the 24-120mm.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

Simple - D850 24-70 and 70-200. You have a lot of focal length redundancy. The 24-70 is at least as good as the 24 Ai, and it is sharper than the 24-120. The 70-200 will make a very nice landscape lens, and a complement to the 24-70.

These are landscape images taken with focal lengths other than ultrawide lenses. The first image was a three shot pano taken with an 85mm F2.8. The second was with a 150mm F2.8
(Great Falls NP, MD/VA)

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Thomas902 Loc: Washington DC

"... the 70-200mm is a heavy lens." John I shoot commercially thus I hire an assistant...
btw, my route into commercial photography was as a photo assistant... Besides you had indicated you were interested in a "Long Exposure" that typically predicates use of a tripod.

If you are not shooting commercially then your cell phone might be a stellar option as it is very light weight and if there would be no clients in the mix IQ matters little... What I'm saying here is if you post a question in the main section you might also indicate the expectations for the outcome...

And I agree with Gene... on the choice of optics albeit maybe not so much on the camera body... Unless you are going to need to crop heavily I see no compelling reason to use the D850... The D7100's only issue is dynamic range which in daylight and/or on a tripod really isn't a significant variable in the mix... However for those who seek to establish their persona by the strength (i.e. expense) of their kit maybe it does matter... Just saying

For my work, beauty is always in the eyes of the checkbook holder (quoting the late and great Dean Collins), likely one of the most competent commercial shoots of the past several decades...

Again all the best John... Looking forward to seeing those headshots!

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

With the work I used to do it was in the eyes of the Creative/Art Director or the Gallery Owner. Just sayin'

traderjohn Loc: New York City

AH....ego is now in play.

DAN Phillips Loc: Graysville, GA

If you have never been there; be advised: there are many panoramic and deep shots of the canyon. Take as many as you can and then decide which will best suit your needs. I've been there many times and it's always different and challenging. Have fun. I proposed to my wife there on the swings, great memories.

dsnoke Loc: North Georgia, USA

I have hiked Cloudland Canyon a few times. I carry a Nikon D7500 with the Nikkor 16-80 mm lens and the Nikkor 85 mm macro lens. That is about all you need in the canyon. From the rim, I add either the Nikkor 70-300 mm or Tamron 100-400 mm lens. Down in the canyon, you won't have much use for a long lens, but from the rim you will like to have one. One other bit: rather than climb down and back up 600 odd steps, drive around to the open end of the canyon and hike up the trail. Longer, but easier on the legs in my opinion.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

I do water falls and landscapes with my D850, I use two lenses that both take a 77mm filter. They are in order of use, the Nikon 16-35 f4 and the 24-120 f4, I can do 99% of all my landscape and waterfall images with these two.
Good luck and keep on shooting until the end.
The image below was captured with the 24-120 f4.

JohnBoy5562 Loc: Alabama

ok here are some phots from yesterday trip to Cloudland Canyon. The water was shoot with the 24-70mm Nikon 2.8. also I don't know why snapbridge app is saying the pictures I took with my Nikon 105 mm is saying it's a Sigma Macro when I used the Nikon 105 micro any suggestions?

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joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

Gorgeous shots 🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

I have that Nikon macro lens. It is extremely sharp, unfortunately it cannot auto focus on the Z series camera's.
But it works just fine on my Nikon D3s.

CO

Remember to take some neutral density filters. Without a neutral density filter, you may have trouble obtaining a slow enough shutter speed to smooth out the waterfalls. You might end up stopping the aperture way down to slow the shutter speed. Stay away from variable density ND filters. Just bring a couple of fixed ND filters. Something like a four stop and six stop. Other UHH members here may have suggestions on ND filters also.