Whenever I book a hotel for a business trip I try to get a room on the highest floor, which here in most smaller cities is only third or fourth floor. As soon I enter the room I check out if there is a picture opportunity from the window. Maybe not immediately, but perhaps the next morning before sunrise. It doesn’t happen very often but yesterday night I was able to see a magnificent sunset just shortly after arrival in my hotel in a small town in central Illinois. I call this a “dirty sunset”. Clouds and colors just tell you, something big and bad is coming. A winter storm warning has been issued for the areas south and southeast of here and I was happy to head back home this afternoon before it all starts.
I shot this through four panes of glass, not even clean on the outside, and was amazed how little flare or ghosting I had even when the sun was still visible. The Z 24-70 did a great job for these images. Sure, all the glass in front of the lens may soften the image slightly but it is at the end not very noticeable. The only question that was left, what photo should I use for this blog post…
Nikon Z6II, Nikkor Z 24-70, f/4 S, @ 68 mm, 1/160 s, f/8, ISO 100, WB 6000 K