Golden Gate Bridge | Travel and Landscape Photos | Photo Forum

The reflection I think it’s because of the long exposition of 40 seconds, it cause the water to have a milky look. About the F22, I think it’s a little too much, and the extreme of the lens…it will be better to opena little the apperture. You got a long exposition but the most small apperture…I don’t understand why. Try another at F8 , or F12 with a faster shutter speed, it will work for shure. In what concerns the ISo and WB it’s ok but it may be some problem with the AF, is it in single point or 39 focus points? I have the same problem with you, but just because I’m starting to understand the mechanics of landscape photography. Your lens 24-70 F/2.8is the best one in my point of view, and it’s a very good aquisition. Dont be disapointed but try again this shoot in the same hour with different settings, and maybe 1 focal point, because camera with two many focal points will try to grab everything in the frame…and that is ok in a faster shutter speed but in a long exposition could result in out of focus.

Here goes a link with some test done to your lens: http://www.cameralabs.com/revi….._f2-8G_ED/

Search on the focal lengh you are using the most accurate performance in apperture, that’s why I mentioned for the 24mm lenght to try the F/8 but of course it’s a test on a paper…for landscape maybe the F/11 at 2 seconds, it’s a question of trying different things because every place and time of day or night it’s different from other.

I’m very fascinated with the 24-70 but I’m very undecided between that one and the 24-120 f/4, mainly because of the big size and weight of the 24-70 for travel and walkarround proposes. I started a topic about this and I’d like you to stop by and give your oppinion when you tried more shoots with your new lens.