This photo was taken using my new 50mm 1:1.8 II lens. Not bad for $100.

[Peter]

The location of this photo is one of my favourite locations in the Calgary area. Spring Bank.
I just love this new lens. Its cheap but it works just fine in my opinion.

[casil403]

Nice landscape shot here Peter. You caught great light and shadow. Springbank is such a neat area to shoot with the mountains as a backdrop. :)

[Peter]

I bet you’ve been out there shooting. I think I'm going to try and take some from the same area as the seasons change to show the view of the mountains. Someone suggested on my last landscape photo that I should have tried a longer exposure time to capture a clearer/brighter view of the clouds in my photo. Do you have any suggestions on how I could achieve this? I know how to slow down my shutter but how fast should I set it /Any other suggestions. I use a XSI.

PS. Have you sent the bridge photo to the parks people yet?

[casil403]

Hmmmm... usually when I want to up the cloud detail and brightness, I do it in post using Viveza or the "clarity" slider in LR. My only thing is I would watch that you do not overexpose the snow and blow out the detail which is really hard in winter sunlight conditions.
Others may have better suggestions but for me I usually throw it into autobracket in the winter just to make sure I can get at least one image that is properly exposed for the lighting and snow conditions.
Others may have better suggestions but this is generally what works for me....hope that helps :)
And no not yet...still thinking about it...but thanks for the suggestion!

[Marko]

Nice comp here and yup the 50mm is a great lens for many camera brands.