Taken three days ago, these images remind me of why I have two 300mm prime lenses as part of my photographic kit. Smaller and somewhat lighter than its f/2.8 big brother the 300mm f/4 Nikkor also has stellar optics and presents no real problem if I decide to add it to my camera bag, along with one or two other lenses, when roaming on foot.
Photographed from 8 miles away the top image shows the start of the eastern end of the Jurassic Coast: a UNESCO World Heritage site. It runs south west for 95 miles, revealing 185 million years of Earth's geological history from one end to the other.
The second photograph - taken from the same spot but looking south east - shows The Needles rocks and lighthouse of the Isle of Wight. It also features what is known locally as the polar bear: an optical illusion formed by the chalk cliffs of Alum and Scratchell's bays. Only visible as such from certain parts of the beaches of Poole bay, it is some 12 miles distant from the camera.
300mm f/4 AF-S Nikkor. Matrix metering. Monopod. ISO 200
Top: 1/500 second at f/5.6
Below: 1/800 second at f/5.6. - 0.33 EV compensation.
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