Originally posted by GeoJerry Well, I did have my 55-300 mm with me, but the problem with this one was the low light. I would have needed a tripod to do this justice with a longer lens (the 17-70 mm was cranked all the way up) and I was just too lazy to do that.
And I didn't want to go much higher on the ISO.
I think that is why I've learned to love my Tamron 28-200mm lens. Not only is it one of the "good copies," but it's varied focal length about covers everything I come across. One exception was a recent trip to Shoshone Falls on the Snake River. The panorama was so wide, I had to go with a DAL 18-55mm kit lens! An enormously wide canyon.... and deep too, as Evel Kinevel could tell you!
But, as you mentioned, the low light factor becomes a problem, albeit very seldom. I really like how you included a vast amount of sky and very little foreground in the final crop. Quite creative..... and it works! Very creative, sir.