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Exploring Guatemala

Martijn Hermans

Photographer from Netherland

At the end of November 2018,
I left with my backpack full of camera gear to Guatemala.

I arrived in Guatemala City, a city known to be rather dangerous (listing #24 by murder rate in
the world) so I had decided not to stay there. After a 1-hour Uber ride I got to Antigua,
a small city surrounded by volcanoes – which I completely fell in love with. Antigua is renowned
for its many Spanish colonial buildings and cobblestone streets.

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LENSES AF 35mm f2.8 FE
CAMERA Sony A7iii
DIAPHRAGM F2.8
SPEED 1/500 sec
ISO 50
EXPOSURE Multi-Segment
PHOTOMETRY -
BRIGHTNESS -
PHOTOMETRY -

The above shot was taken with the Samyang AF 35mm F2.8. I love this lens when I’m just walking around taking in the sights.
It’s very inconspicuous, making it perfect for when you don’t want to draw attention to yourself, which often happens with a big and expensive looking lens.

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LENSES AF 35mm f2.8 FE
CAMERA Sony A7iii
DIAPHRAGM F8.0
SPEED 1/500 sec
ISO 100
EXPOSURE Multi-Segment
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BRIGHTNESS -
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View from Cerro de La Cruz, a spot with a beautiful view of Antigua and the inactive Volcan de Agua.

A few hours away from Antigua there’s the little village of Chichicastenango in the midst of the Guatemalan Highlands. Chichicastenango is best known for its famous
colorful market twice a week. Timing-wise this would work out great and it was a great opportunity to test my new Samyang XP 85mm F1.2.

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LENSES AF 35mm f2.8 FE
CAMERA Sony A7iii
DIAPHRAGM F8.0
SPEED 1/320 sec
ISO 100
EXPOSURE Multi-Segment
PHOTOMETRY -
BRIGHTNESS -
PHOTOMETRY -
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LENSES AF 35mm f2.8 FE
CAMERA Sony A7iii
DIAPHRAGM F8.0
SPEED 1/500 sec
ISO 100
EXPOSURE Multi-Segment
PHOTOMETRY -
BRIGHTNESS -
PHOTOMETRY -

Outside of market day, Chichicastenango is a quiet mountain village. With a very colorful graveyard.

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LENSES XP 85mm f1.2 FE
CAMERA Sony A7iii
DIAPHRAGM F8.0
SPEED 1/4000 sec
ISO 100
EXPOSURE Multi-Segment
PHOTOMETRY -
BRIGHTNESS -
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On market day the whole city center
transformed into a bustling market,
with people from all over the area
coming into the village to either sell
their goods or stock up.

I especially loved the stairs in front of Iglesia de Santo Tomás, a church from the
16th century – in which unfortunately photography wasn’t permitted.
The stairs leading up to the church were transformed into the flower market
on market day.

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LENSES XP 85mm f1.2 FE
CAMERA Sony A7iii
DIAPHRAGM F1.2
SPEED 1/1600 sec
ISO 100
EXPOSURE Multi-Segment
PHOTOMETRY -
BRIGHTNESS -
PHOTOMETRY -
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LENSES XP 85mm f1.2 FE
CAMERA Sony A7iii
DIAPHRAGM F1.2
SPEED 1/1600 sec
ISO 100
EXPOSURE Multi-Segment
PHOTOMETRY -
BRIGHTNESS -
PHOTOMETRY -

I was enormously surprised by the quality of the Samyang XP 85mm F1.2; it
feels very solid with a smooth turning focus ring. As I only had my Sony A7iii
with me, and with the 85mm being a Canon EF mount, I used a Sigma MC-11
adaptor to connect it to my camera. The following are a few of my favorite
shots taken with the Samyang XP 85mm F1.2 that afternoon.

The Log Radiative Power graph of Volcán de Fuego’s activity. Source:
http://webcams.volcanodiscovery.com/Fuego

One of my reasons to visit Guatemala was something that had been on my bucket list for many years. I wanted to photograph the active Volcán de Fuego. The volcano has been drawing international attention this year due to a very sad tragedy that occurred in June. There was a major eruption which cost the lives of hundreds of people. After a few very quiet months, Fuego was again going through an extra active period again leading up to the end of November. Just the week before I arrived, the neighboring communities of the volcano were evacuated.

I figured the safest way to photograph the volcano up close was from the neighboring inactive Volcán de Acatenango, which also happened to be the third highest mountain of Central America at 3976m. Unfortunately, there were some bad weather predictions for the area at Acatenango. I had spoken with some other people who recently climbed Acatenango and they were completely enveloped in clouds during their two day journey. As my main purpose of summiting Acatenango was to photograph Fuego, I decided to postpone climbing Acatenango until a later moment when the conditions were perfect.

Bottom left volcano is Fuego, the one above that Acatenango with at the red cross our camp. Top right is Antigua and below Antigua Volcán de Agua. Source: Google Maps.

Besides asking around and checking the local weather forecast, I often use other tools to create the perfect picture. For volcanoes, I browsed the web to learn about their activity, and their seismic and radiative power. Some even have webcams to track how active they are. This combined with Google Maps helps shape an image in my mind’s eye before I am actually on location taking the image itself. After another week of traveling through Guatemala, the weather conditions at Acatenango still weren’t ideal, however the end of the trip was nearing, and Fuego’s activity was also slowly declining, so it was time to ascend Acatenango. After a strenuous and very steep hike, taking the better part of the day, we finally got to our campsite at 3700m. I was happy to finally be able to drop my heavy pack carrying my water, food and gear, and prepare for the cold night ahead.

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LENSES XP 85mm f1.2 FE
CAMERA Sony A7iii
DIAPHRAGM F5.6
SPEED 1/40 sec
ISO 100
EXPOSURE Multi-Segment
PHOTOMETRY -
BRIGHTNESS -
PHOTOMETRY -

It had been getting pretty cloudy throughout the day, but due to our elevation we were above most of the clouds and Fuego was plenty visible and so very close.
It was truly a magnificent sight to behold.

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LENSES XP 85mm f1.2 FE
CAMERA Sony A7iii
DIAPHRAGM F1.2
SPEED 1/250 sec
ISO 100
EXPOSURE Multi-Segment
PHOTOMETRY -
BRIGHTNESS -
PHOTOMETRY -

Luckily, we had a nice fire to keep us warm in the freezing temperaturess

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LENSES XP 85mm f1.2 FE
CAMERA Sony A7iii
DIAPHRAGM F5.6
SPEED 1/40 sec
ISO 100
EXPOSURE Multi-Segment
PHOTOMETRY -
BRIGHTNESS -
PHOTOMETRY -

Being in and above the clouds at 3700m during sunset.

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LENSES 24mm f1.4
CAMERA Sony A7iii
DIAPHRAGM F2.0
SPEED 20 sec
ISO 320
EXPOSURE Multi-Segment
PHOTOMETRY -
BRIGHTNESS -
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After sunset, a thunderstorm rolled in and gave us a spectacular show of lightning.

In this particular shot, the exposure was long enough to make it look like multiple exposures of smoke coming off Fuego caused by the lightning flashes, but it is a single shot. I stayed up all night at our camp behind my camera, finger ready on the shutter button to catch a few stunning eruptions, and when I say stunning, I mean literally stunning. The following pictures are a series of 5 x 4 second exposures, taken directly after each other, over the span of 20 seconds. The eruptions lasted very short, so every time there was an eruption it was go-time immediately and there would be no time to fiddle around with composition or settings. I had my camera set to a 3-second timer to avoid camera shake, after which it took a series of 5 images. My camera settings were still set for the many smaller eruptions of that night. The contrast between the lava and the rest of the frame was so big that it was impossible not to overexpose an eruption of this size, even for the dynamic range of the best low light full frame camera (according to DXO).

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LENSES XP 85mm f1.2 FE
CAMERA Sony A7iii
DIAPHRAGM F1.8
SPEED 4 sec
ISO 3200
EXPOSURE Multi-Segment
PHOTOMETRY -
BRIGHTNESS -
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从人与人之间的关系乃至为了营造美丽的空间而布置装饰品时都需要保持适当的距离。那么,为了更好地欣赏美术或摄影作品,我们应该保持多少距离?

答案是相当于“作品框架对角线的长度”的距离。

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为了将作品完整地纳入视野并予欣赏,保持相当于作品对角线的距离为宜。如果距离过近,将大于人眼可集中精力的50°视角而无法取的良好的欣赏效果。

为了最佳欣赏效果与最佳视角而保持理想距离也适用于摄影技术。在拍摄静止画像的摄影技术中,将等于摄像面对角线长度的焦距镜头定义为标准镜头。数码相机的全帧传感器尺寸为36x24毫米,其对角线距离约为43.26毫米,标准镜头应为多少毫米以下的最理想答案可以称为“接近43.26毫米的数据”,而难以断定是至今被视作标准镜头代名词的“50毫米”。

以往与胶片对角线长度相仿的45mm画角镜头较为常见,随着SLR相机大获成功,为了保留可容纳反射镜的空间,50mm被视作标准镜头。但是,最近随着无反相机底边大幅放大, 鉴于无反相机法兰距短的特点,需要将标准镜头的画角以45mm再度予以解释,由此开始研发AF 45mm F1.8 FE。 与35mm画角镜头相比,三阳的AF 45mm F1.8 FE将畸变现象降至最低,且比55mm画角拍摄范围宽,为人物、风景、建筑物及宠物等各种主题摄影呈献令人满意的效果。

什么是预设光圈功能?

在预设光圈功能中,光圈可以像”控制环操作音消除(De-click)镜头“一样丝滑驱动,为视频拍摄提供支持。

富士相机的设计根据最小曝光量(F-stop)控制光圈,当相机控制光圈时,会依靠短暂闪烁来调节曝光。而AF 75mm F1.8 X不会向机身传送光圈信息,这种刻意的“预设光圈功能”无需闪烁就可让平滑的曝光调节变为可能。只需控制光圈就可以使ISO和快门速度适应不同的曝光环境,因此即使采用1/2 F-stop也依然可以调节曝光。

什么是预设光圈功能?

在预设光圈功能中,光圈可以像”控制环操作音消除(De-click)镜头“一样丝滑驱动,为视频拍摄提供支持。

富士相机的设计根据最小曝光量(F-stop)控制光圈,当相机控制光圈时,会依靠短暂闪烁来调节曝光。而AF 75mm F1.8 X不会向机身传送光圈信息,这种刻意的“预设光圈功能”无需闪烁就可让平滑的曝光调节变为可能。只需控制光圈就可以使ISO和快门速度适应不同的曝光环境,因此即使采用1/2 F-stop也依然可以调节曝光。

有哪些预设光圈功能的使用建议?

预设光圈功能仅能在视频拍摄模式下运行。 建议在f/1.8光圈和A、M曝光模式下使用该功能。有关“预设光圈功能”的使用建议请参考上表。

* 预设光圈功能的使用方法

1) 设置相机机身
      AF模式 → 视频拍摄模式(“A”或“M”模式)→ 光圈值固定在f/1.8
(2) AF 75mm F1.8 X镜头设置
      将“自定义开关”切换为“模式2(M2)”
(3) 使用对焦环调整预设光圈

有哪些预设光圈功能的使用建议?

预设光圈功能仅能在视频拍摄模式下运行。 建议在f/1.8光圈和A、M曝光模式下使用该功能。有关“预设光圈功能”的使用建议请参考上表。

* 预设光圈功能的使用方法

1) 设置相机机身
      AF模式 → 视频拍摄模式(“A”或“M”模式)→ 光圈值固定在f/1.8
(2) AF 75mm F1.8 X镜头设置
      将“自定义开关”切换为“模式2(M2)”
(3) 使用对焦环调整预设光圈

Dolly shot是什么?介绍摄影办法

[Dolly Shot是什么?]

一般利用带轮子的车,根据调整相机变焦的速度前后移动拍摄的技术。这导致被摄体和背景的倍率差异,从而将梦幻效应记录在视频中。

[简单用手持拍Dolly shot的方法]

Tip.如果移动距离长,相机可能会晃动,请在35~100mm区间拍摄。
1.距离被摄体约1.5~2m左右。
2.将自定义开关切换到MF和Mode3后,将视角设定在100mm左右。
3.通过调节对焦环聚焦被摄物,然后将光圈设置为F8~16。
4.利用上身和手臂,将相机靠近被摄体,将变焦操作慢慢向左(广角方向)转动。
5. 完成Dolly shot!
※在与拍摄对象更远的距离拍摄时,使用卡丁车或万向稳定器等,可以更稳定地进行拍摄。

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