It shows some of the effect, in case you are going for the LF DoF look, but I think that due to the large DoF generally achieved with the MFT system, you might need to make sure that there is a good gap behind your subject before the next thing. The hedge robs the photo of the feeling of narrow DoF, and it is only when you look between the branches of the trees that you realize how out of focus the background is. Btw, the items (red flags, tripod and hose?) at the bottom right are somewhat distracting, and I miss the left branches of the tree.
Thanks for the tips, all of which are useful. Especially the tip about subject isolation. There is probably a better angle to shoot this from to get a bit more distance between tree and hedge. I definitely didn't put as much thought into composition and thought I would be able to crop out the flags and sprinkler only to find out that if I did it would either have a chunk cut out of the bottom quarter or I'd have to cut off the very base. It's a bit hard to tell but the branches are very thin on the left side. But I probably should have tried to get a bit more in frame, yet another mistake made because I didn't think about the crop I'd have to make when stitching. Of course these are all weak excuses but educational still. But still I appreciate the critique!!
Nice, but... I think in this one it would have helped to stop down to f/2 or f/2.8, partly to remove some (heavy) CA, partly to get a little more definition in the foreground leaves. I think the distance between foreground and background here would have preserved the feel.
Yep, you're right Carsten, I suppose I could try and get rid of the purple fringing with a brush but I've spent so long doing photos now that I think I'm going to just leave this one.
Thanks Carsten. I'm not sure if I've just gotten lazy and started relying on this type of shot for my photography or not. I just wanted some special shots from my hopefully not once in a lifetime holiday, and maybe some that can print, and whilst Ive ended up spending way too much time processing I and stitching these shots, I'm happy with the odd few that I may print for my flat.
Either way, I think I need to force myself to learn more about composition and other things instead of giving myself the luxury of cropping in post etc. so I might hold off these panos for a little while now.
r.young - this is a fantastic series. i think the subject really suits the medium format look. makes me want to go visit the japanese gardens by me as well
Gunzorro wrote:
sebboh -- Wow! So real it looks fake!
i took this nearly a year ago and after a fair bit of fiddling, i'm still not happy with it. i can't get the colors right. there was more orange in the sky (i've desaturated it), but when i leave the orange in it totally looks fake. i actually have this problem fairly often with this lens, but it is usually with people shots.
Wilhelm -- I especially like the first one of the tree trunk. The second is good, but I'd prefer eliminating the perspective distortion. Nice going! Really coming along.
Here's a horse trail seen today -- winter in Southern California -- my favorite season. Five shot vertical pano with 1D2, 35-350L @ 35mm, f/8, ISO 200.
Thanks Carsten. I guess you mean some tilting of the image to the right, right? I'm awfully bad at setting perspective right, find it hard to select "what line should be straight".
And thank you too Gunzorro. Yep, I'm still learning-by-automation Guess I need to find out more about the various perspective options in the stitch engine. Nice shot you too, lots of detail there.
92 shots of the open pit copper mine I work at. Shot in small jpeg to facilitate easier number-crunching for my old hamster-driven computer. Full-size output saved as TIFF; when opened in CS5 it was 30 inches by 70 inches!!!!!! "slightly" downsized for use in here......the window in the top left is below the main pano, to show some size and detail.
The haul trucks are 240-tonners, Cat 793's. The height of each of the benches are 15 metres.
Yashica 50mm (of course, what else do I use?) at f8 on Canon 7D, hand-held.
i actually have this problem fairly often with this lens, but it is usually with people shots.
Guess I need to find out more about the various perspective options in the stitch engine. Nice shot you too, lots of detail there.