Death Valley Mesquite Dunes Singh Ray Polarizer 3
December 8, 2008 by Alec
Filed under Landscapes
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This week I’ll finish with a couple more dunes images then move to some different images from Death Valley. Then we’ll take a break for the holidays and come back strong afterwards with some new images, new video content and a new….?????
Technical: Canon 1Ds MarkII, 24-70mm@43mm, ISO400, f/13, 1/200 sec hand held, singh ray warming polarizer.
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Alec,
Okay, this one is excellent. A great deal of intrigue and mystery, with a variety of contrasts…color, grain, depth, etc. Nicely done.
Wow, this one is unbelievable! I feel like I could literally reach into the picture and pick up the sand at the bottom of the picture. Alec, when you took this image, how did you get all areas to be in focus? Keep in mind that I am a novice, but it seems relatively easy to focus on the closest part of the shot with the background being out of focus, and where I have trouble is getting both near and far parts of the image to be in sharp focus. Help?
Meg
Hey Jill, sorry I missed you Friday night. I guess I missed Kathy sneaking into my house for her spare house key as well. Where was my guard dog?
Thanks for the comments. There are many, many challenges to shooting in the dunes, the least of which is getting a clean shot. Choosing composition, light, effect is the most difficult, followed by keeping sand out of your camera!
Cheers,
alec
Hey Meg,
As always, thanks for being here. I’d say there is “strong” or acceptable sharpness everywhere, but not super sharp. Could it be? YES.
So, I used a fairly high aperature (f/13) and tried to focus in on the “hyperfocal point.” That gave me maximum sharpness for the situation. Alternately, if I had taken my tripod with me I would have shot two frames, one focused near and one far, and blended them for something more like f/32 or f/64 depth of field.
So, what’s acceptably sharp is relative and up to the photographer. If you want more sharpness, you can try the things I’ve mentioned here. If you want to know more about hyperfocal distance, check out this link. You can download a chart to help you calculate what the distance is for the given set of camera parameters. http://www.vividlight.com/articles/2314.htm
Cheers,
Alec