While this photo isn't exactly different from other coastline shots, and it doesn't have a ton of "wow" factor, I was just so happy to get out and take some photographs. My wife and I got away for a few days on the southern Oregon coast and had a great time. My eyesight is still blurry, I don't have corrective lenses, so I had to rely on autofocus, and it's difficult for me to spot little things in the comp sometimes. This was sunrise this past Thursday. I was blessed with some pink clouds right before sunrise. I've been letting my blurry vision hold be back from getting out, but after this past week, I might as well get out there. I really can't to macro though, but everything else is fair game, I guess.
This is a four shot pano, stiched in CS3, using vertical comps and then croped.
Canon 40D 10-22mm lens at 18mm ISO 200 f/8.0 .6 sec for each shot of the pano.
Posted by Darren White on September 7, 2008 at 12:07 AM
Hey there Ryan,
Glad to see you are getting out...not sure if I could handle not shooting for even a week......
I really like the soft pastels you captured here.
I do have one question to ask.....did you shoot this as a pano for larger file size or because you did not have a lens that would allow you to get it all in?
I might be inclined to crop that rock on the far left......maybe?!
I shot it as a stiched pano for the larger file size. It's something that I've been doing with several different kinds of shots lately, just as something different to do. I was even doing it with macro shots, but not all in pano, some as large squares, etc.
Posted by Erik Lundh on September 7, 2008 at 3:02 AM
Ryan,
Not a bad shot at all, especially considering your eyesight. I really love the pastels. I try to make it to Bandon at least once a year for photography and yes, of course, golfing at the Dunes.
Posted by Ken Smith on September 7, 2008 at 6:29 PM
Ryan, I admire your shot on auto. Which says you enjoy being out and shooting for more reasons than only what details you absorb w/visual sense. The pastels and soft browns in the rocks blend together well and dominate w/a calming effect....hang this in the dentist's waiting room! Of course I want to see this enlarged to a poster and stand close to appreciate the shadows, rugged texture, and greater detail in the rocks. Cropping this tighter would allow that and the rocks greater prominance..preference, and strickly a personal taste. Well done and nice control of the light. Ken S
Posted by Adrian Klein on September 8, 2008 at 9:54 AM
Hi Ryan. Glad to see you are out shooting again. I like this image except I wish there was detail on the far right where the sun is coming from. I can tell if it were not as bright it have more detail and even more vivid color. Either way nice work.
Posted by Mark Hudon on September 8, 2008 at 10:13 AM
The scene is almost surreal, Ryan. I like how the light moves right to left and the features get larger towards the left.
Posted by Chris Hodney on September 8, 2008 at 12:47 PM
I love the overall composition, soft color and lighting, and the detail you captured with the stitching. I think the processing on the rocks is perfect, but I would like to see it cropped off the bottom a bit, and then some stronger contrast leading into the sky from the top (leaving the rocks as they are).
Do you have a pano sliding bracket, or are you simply rotating the camera around the tripod pivot? Given the limitations of my 20D, I've been wanting to try this to pick up some more detail.
Adrian, have worked on this some more and was able to get better detail on the right side.
Chris, I did not use a pano braket, just moving the tri-pod. When doing a pano, I do utilize the 40D's "live view", which does help keeping things level since is has "rule of 3rds" lines on the screen.
Discussion
8 repliesThis is a four shot pano, stiched in CS3, using vertical comps and then croped.
Canon 40D 10-22mm lens at 18mm ISO 200 f/8.0 .6 sec for each shot of the pano.
Glad to see you are getting out...not sure if I could handle not shooting for even a week......
I really like the soft pastels you captured here.
I do have one question to ask.....did you shoot this as a pano for larger file size or because you did not have a lens that would allow you to get it all in?
I might be inclined to crop that rock on the far left......maybe?!
Not a bad shot at all, especially considering your eyesight. I really love the pastels. I try to make it to Bandon at least once a year for photography and yes, of course, golfing at the Dunes.
Do you have a pano sliding bracket, or are you simply rotating the camera around the tripod pivot? Given the limitations of my 20D, I've been wanting to try this to pick up some more detail.
Chris, I did not use a pano braket, just moving the tri-pod. When doing a pano, I do utilize the 40D's "live view", which does help keeping things level since is has "rule of 3rds" lines on the screen.