Hi Ray,
Really nice shots. I have a question on the one above.
When you take a shot like this, are you essentially shooting downward? I've taken a number of shots trying to incorporate the foreground like this, and it seems that I've always got to have the horizon in the center, or I see some very bad distortion.
Are you shooting down and correcting for distortion, or is it just not noticeable with this subject matter? Is it something else I just don't understand?
Thanks
(Anyone else able to explain this to me, please just chime in.)
smaniscalco wrote:
Hi Ray,
Really nice shots. I have a question on the one above.
When you take a shot like this, are you essentially shooting downward? I've taken a number of shots trying to incorporate the foreground like this, and it seems that I've always got to have the horizon in the center, or I see some very bad distortion.
Are you shooting down and correcting for distortion, or is it just not noticeable with this subject matter? Is it something else I just don't understand?
Thanks
(Anyone else able to explain this to me, please just chime in.)
Yes, the camera was tilted downward to get the perspective I wanted. I did not need to correct any distortions because I did not see any. Thanks!
adamM
I sure wouldn't brag about using a dual processor for a shot of this quality.
You have a lot of stuff but..............................
Sorry if this is not complimentary.
I think this thread has been wonderful with lots of pictures to simulate the mind. Some may not be so good, but in the spirit of learning, we shouldn't belittle somebody's effort. He did say that it was a bad scan! At least we can learn from his composition!
At least for once we are not arguing on the equipment we have, the exotic lens that we very carefully test on boring newspapers, bookshelfs and boring picture looking for the miniscule sign of poor lens performance, front focussing and bad focussing problems, chromatic abberation etc.
Let just show our prized pictures, looking to learn and inspired by others!
I agree, there are some fantastic photos in this thread. In the past, I've never really shot with anything wider than 28mm on film. So I am climbing the learning curve on using my 10-22mm. I'm having to learn to "see" in super wide angle. Hopefully (if I'm really lucky), in a few months, I've have some pictures that might compare some of the excellent ones posted here.
To me, this thread helps show some of the gifted photogs that visit this forum. It is inspirational.
Here's another from me, taken in Jerusalem Thursday night. My first light-trails attempt. (If anybody has any ideas how to extend the exposure time as to allow more cars to pass by, please tell me. )
20Dshooter wrote:
Here's another from me, taken in Jerusalem Thursday night. My first light-trails attempt. (If anybody has any ideas how to extend the exposure time as to allow more cars to pass by, please tell me. )
Try a higher F-stop, or a neutral density filter. I'd also shoot RAW and change the white ballance, it's looking a bit orange from sodium type lights.
Okay, Tim. Here's another try. I dunno what I was thinking yesterday it was definitely too orange! Now, I manually selected the orange areas and reduced saturation. Regular color correcting/balancing just wasn't doing the trick.
it was definitely too orange! Now, I manually selected the orange areas and reduced saturation. Regular color correcting/balancing just wasn't doing the trick.