naturephoto1 wrote:
Photo cross posted in the Sony FE Image thread and taken at 8:19 AM on June 8, 2015 of a cascade down stream of Dark Hollow Falls, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. Image taken with my tripod mounted A7r and my Leica R 28mm f2.8 Elmarit V2 lens, ISO 50, lens set to about f22 for 1.3 second. Processed in LR6.
Rich
Rich, nice image, as usual. I love waterfall shots in general. One thing puzzles me, however. I often see you make use of very small apertures. Is there a reason this was shot at F22? At such small apertures, I worry about the effects of diffraction and would try to shoot larger apertures for that reason and use a neutral density filter and/or a polarizer to slow the shutter speed. Was the small aperture needed for depth of field? Is it a preference for some other reason?
Luvwine wrote:
Rich, nice image, as usual. I love waterfall shots in general. One thing puzzles me, however. I often see you make use of very small apertures. Is there a reason this was shot at F22? At such small apertures, I worry about the effects of diffraction and would try to shoot larger apertures for that reason and use a neutral density filter and/or a polarizer to slow the shutter speed. Was the small aperture needed for depth of field? Is it a preference for some other reason?
I often use small apertures to hold focus from foreground to background which may often be close to infinity. As I recall in this case, the tripod, camera, and I were on top of the rock in the foreground. In the original set of images I was not able to hold focus even at as I recall at f16 from the the extreme close focus in the foreground of the rock and the rocks to the left sitting on top of the large rock to the rock to the right and at the rear of the top of the cascade. So, I refocused, and then after checking the aperture scale on the 28mm lens and making sure that I had focus from the extreme foreground at f22 to as far back in the image that I could I at least made sure that I could hold focus to the rock to the right of the top of the cascade. Unfortunately in this situation, it was impossible to hold focus to infinity at f22. I do not like to use the minimum apertures of lenses unless it is absolutely necessary for my application and desired effect. When possible I try to shoot at around f8 or f11 and at times even f16. I try to use apertures 2 and often 3 stops larger than the minimum. But, at times, I will forego the diffraction if I need the DOF for what I want. Even so, having checked the image, I believe that it could print to a 30" print and possibly even larger.
Also, when the conditions allow, I will use ND filters and less frequently Polarizing filters with the ND in these conditions. I know that Tim Devine likes to use Polarizing filter with ND filters. But, in this case as I recall, I was not carrying my ND filters so I slowed the water down as much as I could shooting at ISO 50. This was taken the same morning as my images of Dark Hollow Falls and those images taken with my WATE were stopped way down as well down to about f22 and I believe f8 would have held focus, so I am almost positive that I had left my ND back at my van for this hike.
phuang3 wrote:
Cool. I've never seen anyone shooting BIF with this lens. Actually, I'm used to shoot this kind of photos with Leica Modular Apo-Telyt-R 280/2.8. But the birds were very close to the boat, so 90AA was enough to.
Good evening,
The birds unusually in color...
I like the two completely different processes but for different purposes.
Please, tell me which one you prefer and why, thank you for your comments..
Aghios Oros Gulf, Greece. Leica-R Apo Asph 90/2 @ f:5.6.
Aghios Oros Gulf, Greece. Leica-R Apo Asph 90/2 @ f:5.6.
Photo cross posted in the Sony FE Image Thread and taken at 11:40 AM on August 12, 2015 along Limberlost Trail, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. Image taken with my tripod mounted Leica R 100mm f2.8 Apo-Macro-Elmarit lens and my A7r, ISO 400, lens set to about f8 for 1/15 second. Processed in LR6.
naturephoto1 wrote:
Photo cross posted in the Sony FE Image Thread and taken at 11:40 AM on August 12, 2015 along Limberlost Trail, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. Image taken with my tripod mounted Leica R 100mm f2.8 Apo-Macro-Elmarit lens and my A7r, ISO 400, lens set to about f8 for 1/15 second. Processed in LR6.
Rich
I'm sorry. What's special about it? Why mention the date and time?
Cross posted in the Alt Film Thread. I've been on a film binge lately. Here's a little something from my FM3A w/ 35mm Elmarit-R on Ilford Delta 400 Garden of the Gods - Buffalo by Alpha Geist, on Flickr
I've been scanning my negatives and slides from my recent Colorado trip with a Plustek Opticfilm 8200i. It's a learning experience trying to figure out what are the correct settings for scanning. It's all fun though! Plus I can print a few 4x6's and send them off to family members and such.
