Taken at Badwater, this shot was a long exposure (25s) taken about 30 minutes before sunrise. (6am)
I used the 17mm TS-E lens and did some shifting to avoid distortion and tilting to keep aperture to about f/9. A 3-stop grad was also used.
My goal was to create a contrast between the sharp salt sculptures and the rapidly moving sky.
Originally posted on the Landscape board.
Peter Figen wrote:
I only wish everything really was perfect. You quickly find out when setting up the camera that the rooms aren't square or the consoles or furniture isn't square to the room or a dozen other things like that - or in the case of the Fox stage - there was a pool table with huge lights bolted to the wall that just didn't want to be in the final shot. And because that room was not symmetrical (on purpose), the retouch was not an easy one.
When I shoot architecture, I find out very quickly which lines are square and which ones aren't. I can commiserate!
And for fun, here's my favorite spontaneous, out of nowhere photo. I was down near the ground photographing something else entirely and this little guy comes up to me. (5Dc with 85 f/1.8)
