+++ The Weekly Landscape Thread - #78, 2026.08.07

Those are excellent! It feels like you can "step right into" the picture. And... the D7100. Very good. I still have my D7100... the much (unfairly) maligned D7100 - mostly due to noise and the shadow banding when things are pushed too hard in post. But I love that camera. Much better than the D7000. And the D7200/D7500 did not offer much in the way of improvements (IMHO). The Toshiba sensor was unique. Frankly, some of the long telephoto shots I have from the D7100 seem "better" than similar shots I've taken with the D810 (i.e., airshow pictures)... probably due to the benefits of the 1.5 crop factor in certain instances. For bright daylight shooting (i.e., airshow), with the D7100, you are putting 24 MP of good quality DX pixels right there in the sweet spot of the lens.

Over the Beartooth

From atop Beartooth Pass in WY - leading from Red Lodge Montana to the NE East Entrance of Yellowstone NP.

Yes! Here's where the sun was, at about 90° to the right of this scene.

I really like these. Great capture of the sense of space. I'd be curious what the top one would look like if it had about a 1/3 stop less light?

When fall says peek-a-boo.

Nice. Is this from the avenue of the giants by any chance? I think I recognize that tree. I think I almost ran into that tree, trying to avoid a giant motorhome on the oncoming lane.

Here's that first image a bit darker. I think it has brought out the nice greens better.Thanks for the tip.

Thanks :-)
Yes, I enjoyed my D7100 for quite a few years, I bought it as an upgrade from my D90. Like you, I was very happy too. at the end I sold it to my brother. He got a great deal with a bunch of lenses too :-)

After the D7100 I made the move to the m4/3 system with an EM5 then an EM1. I liked the smaller lighter system and especially the live histogram and the EVF that your get on a mirror-less system, it made setting the exposure very easy and work every time (well almost).
After another few years I started to feel I could do with more pixels and less noise and moved back to Nikon with the then available relatively small and lightweight mirror-less "full format" Z7 system.
I'm really happy with it now, but would upgrade it immediately with a new Z7iii, if that camera should ever appear :-)

Lots of texture in there, in the rocks and the clouds. The patches of white snow make a sort of nice diagonal line across the image.
I'm sort of missing a main subject, I guess it should be the lake, but there's not much difference in the greyness, between the water and the surrounding rocks, so it doesn't really show up until you look very closely.

Great image with those lovely greens and the warm fall colours.
The big tall trees are amazing

That is Avenue of the Giants. And yes, it can be tricky when motorhomes come down the road. Everyone is always busy looking at the trees!

I like this. I concur about the greens coming alive a bit more. The clouds feel a bit better defined as well.