Love the color and lines in this one. I have a question or two for you, P. When you are shooting these type of photos with apertures like f/16 or 22 to get a wider DOF, do you use a DOF app to get the hyperfocal distance or do you just focus about 1/3 of the way into the scene? Secondly, since I have a 5D Mark III as well, do you center AF focus/recompose, move your focal point in the in viewfinder AF area array or manually focus? Just curious, and continuing to try to learn and improve. Thanks.
I'm having a bad hair day !
I use the Cactus v5 triggers and the advertised range is 100m, but people report that they reach further. Even better, they have a hot shoe on top, so you can piggyback them to extend the range.
Mine go for up to 200m's on a good day, they are cheap flea-bay 2.4GHz knockoffs that cost me about $20.
The cat made a well-timed decision to cross the street as I was composing an otherwise boring shot
Your comments are welcome.
For shots like that one, I usually focus bracket in case I need to do some stacking in post to get enough depth of field. But before I do that I always try to get it in one shot just in case it's possible, and it very often is with wide-angle focal lengths. For the one-exposure version, I focus about a third of the way in (always manually), using Live View at 10x magnification. I then chimp and adjust as necessary. After I think I've gotten it all in one exposure, I then do some focus bracketing just in case (it's often difficult to tell how sharp everything is just by viewing the camera's little LCD screen, so I'm never entirely sure that it's all sharp while I'm in the process of shooting).
Mine for today: a stitch of 19 vertical images in two rows, encompassing a field of view of approximately 160 degrees... (click to see it larger)
And just for fun, so you can see just how close I was to the waterfall: me shooting this photo.
Death Valley California...
Very nice with the water pouring into the scene in a rather unexpected place.
Mine for today: a stitch of 19 vertical images in two rows, encompassing a field of view of approximately 160 degrees... (click to see it larger)
And just for fun, so you can see just how close I was to the waterfall: me shooting this photo.
For shots like that one, I usually focus bracket in case I need to do some stacking in post to get enough depth of field. But before I do that I always try to get it in one shot just in case it's possible, and it very often is with wide-angle focal lengths. For the one-exposure version, I focus about a third of the way in (always manually), using Live View at 10x magnification. I then chimp and adjust as necessary. After I think I've gotten it all in one exposure, I then do some focus bracketing just in case (it's often difficult to tell how sharp everything is just by viewing the camera's little LCD screen, so I'm never entirely sure that it's all sharp while I'm in the process of shooting).
Mine for today: a stitch of 19 vertical images in two rows, encompassing a field of view of approximately 160 degrees... (click to see it larger)
And just for fun, so you can see just how close I was to the waterfall: me shooting this photo.
Two very contrasting and excellent photos Phrasikleia!
That picture of you really puts things in perspective for your second shot, looks very cold
Impressive stitching of the collection of long exposures!
This is something I've been thinking about trying in combination with shallow DOF... imagine long exposures combined with the Brenizer method
Thank so very much for the feedback and education. How's the new RRS tripod holding up in the extreme cold? It looks awfully chilly in that picture of you by the waterfalls. Brrr....
What a difference a day makes! Taken last Saturday...only one day after our worst snow storm in five years.
I look forward to seeing the results when you get around to trying that, Reef! There is a whole thread on POTN for sharing Brenizer method shots. I haven't looked at it in a long time, but it might hold some nuggets of information/inspiration for you.
Impressive, to say the least! How much pre-planning went into this shot? Did you have the location and technique planned before the hike or did you just think this out on the fly? How did you calculate the horizontal pan to get the 19 seperate shots? Did you eyeball it or use the degree marks on your tripod head? What about the vertical to get the second row? Was your sequence across, up and back? Did you write all the settings down before starting the shoot?For shots like that one, I usually focus bracket in case I need to do some stacking in post to get enough depth of field. But before I do that I always try to get it in one shot just in case it's possible, and it very often is with wide-angle focal lengths. For the one-exposure version, I focus about a third of the way in (always manually), using Live View at 10x magnification. I then chimp and adjust as necessary. After I think I've gotten it all in one exposure, I then do some focus bracketing just in case (it's often difficult to tell how sharp everything is just by viewing the camera's little LCD screen, so I'm never entirely sure that it's all sharp while I'm in the process of shooting).
So much character in this one! Great owl portrait.
Mine for today: a stitch of 19 vertical images in two rows, encompassing a field of view of approximately 160 degrees... (click to see it larger)
And just for fun, so you can see just how close I was to the waterfall: me shooting this photo.
What a difference a day makes! Taken last Saturday...only one day after our worst snow storm in five years.