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 p.1 #1 · 5D, 16-35L, Landscape Picture Style and Fall Off | |
It all started here...
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=150047
ooh... Sade is on my favorite jazz station. Nice. BTT
This is what I found out (I think). First off, let me make it clear that I'm no digital imaging expert, so these are just observations I made while out shooting yesterday. I'm just some guy who likes to take pictures. In no way is this personal observation of mine scientific or conclusive. Now that that's out of the way, I think the effect of fall-off is amplified somewhat when shooting in the Landscape picture style setting. The factors that influence where you'll notice fall-off is depending on where you're shooting in relation to the position of the sun. The pic of the view from my back deck I posted in the link above, the sun was to my right, which effectively caused light to appear to fall-off in the upper left corner of the picture. In this first pic, the sun was directly behind me. Notice how the darkened blue sky in the upper most portion of the photo pretty much uniform across from left to right (auto color correction during PP of all JPEG files to exagerate the fall-off effect in all images):
16mm, f/16, 1/80 sec.
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http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/706/img3477a0xp.jpg |
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Yeah, I know there is some distortion, but that was intended. I was going for that effect. In this next shot, the sun was to my right. As you can see, we're seeing the same effect as my controversial back deck shot....
16mm, f/16, 1/60 sec.
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http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/3416/img34781ow.jpg |
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Here is where it was the most extreme. Again,the sun was pretty much directly behind me...
17mm, f/16, 1/500 sec.
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http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/4772/img34992ag.jpg |
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And finally, a shot with the sun to my left...
20mm, f/16, 1/320 sec.
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http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/4494/img35110js.jpg |
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Interesting story behind the old man. On my way to the site to shoot, I got my Rodeo stuck when I high-centered in a ditch I didn't see. As seen here...
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http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/5346/img34790in.jpg |
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4WD activated, but the left front wheel was spinning. No joy. Anyway, I decided to walk the rest of the way to the site and worry about the recovery operation later. I was in the middle of my shooting session when this old guy and his dogs came out of nowhere. He let me use his cell phone to make some calls to get myself out of there and we ended up shooting the sh!t (long story why I didn't have my own cell phone on me). Turns out he takes daily walks through the area and is an old WWII vet. He was also a willing subject, which was really nice since it added something extra special to some of the shots. With my recovery team enroute, and me being caught up in some serious conversation with the old feller, I ended up not taking as many photos as I would've liked, which accounts for the lack of varying lenses, apertures, shutter speeds, ISO settings and picture style settings. I will note that this phenomenom is barely noticeable when viewing it in RAW format, which led to my conclusion that it's the exaggerated color tones, saturation and contrast settings in the Landscape setting. I noticed that fall-off was less noticeable at ranges between 24mm and 35mm, which leads me to believe that this is more prone to happen at extremely wide angles only. I would love to hear other people's opinions on this.
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http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/937/img34967gh.jpg |
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Besides, I think we figured it out here...