Here's a shot of sunset light in Wetterhorn Basin on Sunday night. My favorite scenario: storm clouds with a low gap on the horizon for the sun to shine through! Having camped in the basin closer to the peak before, this time I camped further away to get this broader view.
This is a two vertical shot stitch, with a 24mm TS lens shifted left then right.
That night I started hiking at 2am under the moonlight and climbed up Wetterhorn Peak for the sunrise.
I like this shot because of the way that the summit is catching alpenglow before the earthshadow had even descended to the horizon! If you look closely, you can see the shadow of Wetterhorn at the horizon just below the moon.
I also saw somebody's headlamp up on the peak north of Wetterhorn, and I have a funny feeling it was Jody Grigg, since I saw his name on the trail register, and who else would be up on a high ridgeline for sunrise?! Jody???
Would you mind taking a minute to explain the advantage of using the T/S lens in that first shot, which is absolutely stunning? Sorry for the noob question!
Justin, the advantage of shooting two-shot panos with a T/S lens is that the camera/sensor is not moving at all - the lens is just sliding to the left/right. So basically you're capturing two sections of the same image circle (the image circle of a T/S lens is much larger than the sensor itself). In practical terms, the advantage is that the two images can be simply laid together and they match up perfectly with no (or very minor) stitching required.
Beautiful shots Jack. On the first I see a slight rainbow, at least I think that's what it is, coming off the little pointed peak in the URC. Very nice image.
The 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 5th on your site are all great! For the top shot on this page, it looks to me like using the tilt/shift in this way may have led to significant outward tilting of the trees, which I find distracting.
Grant - Yes I too was aware of the outward tilting of the trees, but ironically, that was with the lens positioned straight like a regular lens - I could not use the correct downward shifting because I needed it for the side-to-side pano shifting. Thus, the optics you're seeing is similar to the usual behavior of a non-shifting lens. I suppose I could have shot it with the correct perspective with the wider 17mm T/S... hmmm...
Posted by Dan Baumbach on July 28, 2010 at 7:05 PM
Wow Jack-what a series. I love the way the ridgeline in #5 is lighting up to the peaks, and #4 and the one posted here are terrific as well. I also really like the Paintbrush with mustard on the lens this time instead of columbines with ketchup like before
The outward tilting aside, I really love the composition in your first shot where you have just the right elements from near to far over the interesting terrain. I also like the 5th one on your website.
Every single one of these is excellent. Your hard work in getting to these locations always seems to reap glorious images.
Did you see young Alex Mody while you were in the vicinity? He was going to visit/hike/climb/photograph last Sunday, as well.
Posted by Jack Garrett on July 28, 2010 at 10:46 PM
What else can I add that hasn't been said? These are amazing, stunning, AWESOME!!
Awesome collection. I think I like these two the most of the ones from the trip, with the second one here being my favorite. No one does glowing rocks in the foreground of a summit like you Jack.
Great set! Contra Brian, I don't mind the angle of the trees, kinda like the hyper-reality sense you get in such perspectives. I'd agree that these two are the strongest of the set, but I really like the one looking towards Coxcomb and Redcliff. If only it had a more compelling foreground.
Posted by Kurt Bowman on July 30, 2010 at 11:55 AM
Jack, love the color in the first one, but also find the leaning trees a bit weird for me. Other than that, these are spectacular! Love the others on the site also...especially the first one with the rainbow and then on with the almost full moon setting. Great work as usual!
Posted by Art Escobado on July 30, 2010 at 6:29 PM
Nice series! The second image with glowing orange lichen ROCKS!
Discussion
27 repliesThis is a two vertical shot stitch, with a 24mm TS lens shifted left then right.
I like this shot because of the way that the summit is catching alpenglow before the earthshadow had even descended to the horizon! If you look closely, you can see the shadow of Wetterhorn at the horizon just below the moon.
I also saw somebody's headlamp up on the peak north of Wetterhorn, and I have a funny feeling it was Jody Grigg, since I saw his name on the trail register, and who else would be up on a high ridgeline for sunrise?! Jody???
Some more photos from the trip here: http://www.widerange.org/gallery/wetterhorn-peak/
Would you mind taking a minute to explain the advantage of using the T/S lens in that first shot, which is absolutely stunning? Sorry for the noob question!
Awesome series Jack, as always!
Grant - Yes I too was aware of the outward tilting of the trees, but ironically, that was with the lens positioned straight like a regular lens - I could not use the correct downward shifting because I needed it for the side-to-side pano shifting. Thus, the optics you're seeing is similar to the usual behavior of a non-shifting lens. I suppose I could have shot it with the correct perspective with the wider 17mm T/S... hmmm...
- Dan.
Awesome shots!
Did you see young Alex Mody while you were in the vicinity? He was going to visit/hike/climb/photograph last Sunday, as well.