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Here is my Cologne Cathedral at dusk shot, originally posted on the Photo Critique board. Several versions of this shot can be seen there, processed by various forum leading lights but this is my version - a HDR merge from three RAW originals using Photoshop CS2.
Interesting and curious! Why did you choose such a small aperture? The scene looks like it was set fairly wide on the zoom, so depth of field should have been pretty secure from just a couple of feet out to infinity even with a wider setting. At f/22 the edge in sharpness may have been lost, possibly? Photozone's review of this lens shows that the sweet spot for resolution is f/8 and is dropping off by f/11, though they don't test at any smaller apertures, unfortunately. There also looks to be some vignetting at the periphery as well, which may be a consequence of the small aperture but more likely to be the full frame sensor of the EOS-5D combined with a lens not optimised for digital.
I think it's a very impressive picture, mind you, but I just wonder about the camera settings and the darkening to the periphery.
Ian
Hi Ian,
I was shooting (hand-held - I left my tripod in England) both into and away from the sun from this vantage point, which was a narrow ridge stretching about 30 feet out to sea. The camera was set to shutter priority (@ 1/60th) for the simple reason that I wanted to capture at least some movement in the waves - which I achieved, although not to any great extent in the posted example.
Earlier in the afternoon I took this, I'd shot beach scenes at between f11 and f16 and found that the closer elements in the frame were slightly soft-looking, whereas closing down made quite a difference, even in shots taken at 17mm. Normally I'd stay in the sweet zones, but I wanted the foreground pebbles and seaweed to really pop, so I ventured beyond and it was worthwhile.
For this shot, I'd exposure-compensated by a full stop (under) and the ISO was set to 100, which left the aperture, which the camera closed to f22 to balance the exposure. Had I been in this spot for longer I'd have probably given more consideration to my settings, but the ridge was slippy, the tide was coming in and my priority was to get some shots from various angles before my shoes got wet
The vignetting is my own doing........I'm currently adding them in Photoshop to certain shots and convincing myself that it adds a certain something. I'm sure it's a phase which will pass in due course...
I was shooting (hand-held - I left my tripod in England) both into and away from the sun from this vantage point, which was a narrow ridge stretching about 30 feet out to sea. The camera was set to shutter priority (@ 1/60th) for the simple reason that I wanted to capture at least some movement in the waves - which I achieved, although not to any great extent in the posted example.
Earlier in the afternoon I took this, I'd shot beach scenes at between f11 and f16 and found that the closer elements in the frame were slightly soft-looking, whereas closing down made quite a difference, even in shots taken at 17mm. Normally I'd stay in the sweet zones, but I wanted the foreground pebbles and seaweed to really pop, so I ventured beyond and it was worthwhile.
For this shot, I'd exposure-compensated by a full stop (under) and the ISO was set to 100, which left the aperture, which the camera closed to f22 to balance the exposure. Had I been in this spot for longer I'd have probably given more consideration to my settings, but the ridge was slippy, the tide was coming in and my priority was to get some shots from various angles before my shoes got wet
The vignetting is my own doing........I'm currently adding them in Photoshop to certain shots and convincing myself that it adds a certain something. I'm sure it's a phase which will pass in due course...
Hope this answers your question(s)!
Tim (Bearface)
Thanks for that - I was chatting to Stephen about the picture and we concluded that you probably put the vignette in
And there is never an ND filter around when you need one is there?!
Very nice. My dad actually lives in Stanwick village - it's certainly a beautiful area if you avoid the dual carriageways.
Good greif, yes, I can relate to that. Its one hell of a journey to get there too, our freinds live there which we visit quite regularly. They used to livein Bracknell (where I live) then moved to Luton, and now moved to Northampton......youd think I would have taken the hint by now!
Its good to see that they have bought up a lot of the unused fields and done things with them, Its becoming quite a haven for wildlife, and the lakes have only been there a year!
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but this is my version - a HDR merge from three RAW originals using Photoshop CS2.
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