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Hawaii with VC

Hawaii with VC Accuracy

Images by André Costantini

Pro Photographer André Costantini spent time recently in the extraordinarily beautiful location of Hawaii. In between conducting lectures, he visited Waimea Arboretum and Botanical Garden, part of Waimea Adventure Park and famous for its botanical garden.

The explosion of color that characterizes America’s 50th State makes it easy to understand the ongoing compulsion many have to photograph all that is indigenous and beautiful in this Pacific Ocean location.

Fortunately, Costantini was properly equipped with his Tamron AF28-300 f/3.5-6.3 XR Di VC lens. Not only is it a versatile zoom range lens, it features Tamron’s new Vibration Compensation mechanism.

His photos are flowers from the Caesalpinioideae subfamily of flowering plants found in tropical areas known locally as Ohai Alii, Dwarf Poinciana, Pride of Barbados, and the Bird of Paradise.

In one of his most exceptional photos of the Dwarf yellow Poinciana, his challenge was in its location and clouds.

“It was an overcast day,” says Costantini who found the flower growing up out of a tree. With ISO 100, he used a focal length of 300mm @ 1/160th sec. Using the cloudy sky as a background, the resulting image looks more like an illustration than a photograph.

The VC technology allows handholding at a slower shutter speed without resulting blur from camera shake.

Using just the afternoon natural light, Costantini was still able to illuminate the Ohai Alii showing off its bright yellow petals. This image was shot at 154mm @1/80th sec.

In addition to compensating for camera shake, the lens provides not just an all-in-one zoom, but also 1:3 MACRO capability.

The green grasshopper is as vivid in color as the Red Bird of Paradise it is resting on. Costantini credits the VC’s three-coil system with keeping his images clear no matter how his lens is angled. To capture this photo, he used the minimum focus distance of 19.3” at 300mm @ 1/80th sec.

The closer that you focus, especially with longer focal lengths, camera shake becomes a critical factor to overcome,” says Costantini. “Without a tripod it can compromise getting sharp photographs. This is where the VC is really an asset.”

Never let a precarious angle, overcast day or close-up shot keep you from taking a photo. With the Tamron AF28-300 f/3.6-6.3 XR Di VC the possibilities are endless.