Posted by Robert Dayton on October 19, 2010 at 11:35 PM
While photographing wildflowers this summer
in the Rock Creek area of the Eastern Sierra,
I came across this abstract scenic in a lake.
I was attracted by the colors and ripples.
I'm wondering if this would work better cropped,
showing only the portion that is sharp. I shot it
at F11 at 1/50 of a second. I'm not sure how I
could have gotten all of the ripples sharp. If a
tilt/shift lens is the answer, I don't have one.
To have used greater DOF, I suspect would have
blurred all of the ripples, since the water was
moving. Perhaps taking multiple sharp shots and
stitching them together would have been the answer.
I'm limited to Elements 7, and if I can do stitching
in that program, I've never tried it.
Your thoughs and critiques are much appreciated.
Canon 5D Mark II
Tamron 28-300 Zoom Lens
Bogen Tripod
F 11
1/50 sec
Posted by Cory Freeman on October 20, 2010 at 9:30 AM
I love these types of water shots! Maybe next time kick your iso up to 200-400 so yo can use f16 or f22 and still have a fast enough ss?
This looks nice, Robert. I love the colors and patterns.
You could try a crop to isolate the sharpest area if the OOF parts are bothering you. I suggest you start with an unedited RAW file and work from that.
Nice work!
--P
Posted by Rudy Ruberti on October 20, 2010 at 5:58 PM
I think this works nicely as is and the oof area at the top does not bother me at all. I also agree with Cory. Anytime I need a faster shutter speed and want to maintain dof, I increase the iso setting.
Posted by Lon Overacker on October 20, 2010 at 6:58 PM
Robert,
Very nice water abstract. Personally, the ripples and patterns are abstract enough that I didn't really even notice anything that was out of focus. I think perhaps near the back, but it doesn't really bother or distract me. I like the big subtle ridge that runs vertical/diagonal bottom to top.
If anything, I might bump up the brightness, but without losing any contrast. You could also get away with a bit more color and saturation - but that's a personal choice.
Lon
Posted by Paul Duval on October 20, 2010 at 7:24 PM
Robert,
Looks like the image of the inside of a flask of mercury, it has that silvery quality to it, very cool... thanks for sharing.
Paul
Posted by Robert Dayton on October 20, 2010 at 8:55 PM
Per Lon's suggestions (brighter and more saturation), I'm doing a repost.
I'm interested in your reactions.
Stitching will not work, as your subject will have moved between exposures. The limited DOF does not bother me at all. I do like your re-post version better. You have inspired me to post a similar image with a different color palette.
Discussion
9 repliesin the Rock Creek area of the Eastern Sierra,
I came across this abstract scenic in a lake.
I was attracted by the colors and ripples.
I'm wondering if this would work better cropped,
showing only the portion that is sharp. I shot it
at F11 at 1/50 of a second. I'm not sure how I
could have gotten all of the ripples sharp. If a
tilt/shift lens is the answer, I don't have one.
To have used greater DOF, I suspect would have
blurred all of the ripples, since the water was
moving. Perhaps taking multiple sharp shots and
stitching them together would have been the answer.
I'm limited to Elements 7, and if I can do stitching
in that program, I've never tried it.
Your thoughs and critiques are much appreciated.
Canon 5D Mark II
Tamron 28-300 Zoom Lens
Bogen Tripod
F 11
1/50 sec
iso. Thanks for the suggestion, Cory. I'll certainly try that the next
time.
You could try a crop to isolate the sharpest area if the OOF parts are bothering you. I suggest you start with an unedited RAW file and work from that.
Nice work!
--P
Very nice water abstract. Personally, the ripples and patterns are abstract enough that I didn't really even notice anything that was out of focus. I think perhaps near the back, but it doesn't really bother or distract me. I like the big subtle ridge that runs vertical/diagonal bottom to top.
If anything, I might bump up the brightness, but without losing any contrast. You could also get away with a bit more color and saturation - but that's a personal choice.
Lon
Looks like the image of the inside of a flask of mercury, it has that silvery quality to it, very cool... thanks for sharing.
Paul
I'm interested in your reactions.
Stitching will not work, as your subject will have moved between exposures. The limited DOF does not bother me at all. I do like your re-post version better. You have inspired me to post a similar image with a different color palette.
John Richardson