Wednesday (April 5) dawned bright and sunny, a perfect morning. I thought it would be fun to revisit Ceres at the same time of year under similar lighting conditions as a year ago when I photographed last week’s image but with different viewpoints using my widest angle lens (24mm). I think I used 28mm last year.
Here I’m on the trail looking back to where I shot last week’s image.
Moving back and tilting the camera up introduced distortion. The strong verticals converged. I did this deliberately then cropped the image to a strong vertical format to help focus attention on the two large trees.
Have some fun John. Here’s an almost straight up shot. I wanted to capture the full majesty of the larger tree with it’s arms stretched to the sky.
It felt good to get out again. I was growing weary of dipping into my archives. Time for new growth. I processed and scanned my film Thursday. Enjoy.
I am enjoying!
Drop on over to my “In the Field” monochrome to see the end result of some experimenting with the slide controls which Picasa provides for tuning….
Thanks for the tutorial!
You did have fun! Such a lovely day it looks, and the photos are proof of your enjoyment.
Yes, it is nice to get out, get some air, and fresh photos!
I know 50mm is the ‘magic’ focal length, but I do so love the wider angles. The perspective in the last one is great!
Thanks Wayne. Way back when I bought my first ‘real’ slr (pentax spotmatic) in 1970, I bought a wonderful 105mm takumar lens that was my normal lens for years.
I love the 50mm perspective. 50mm is the best value for 35mm photography and I use it a lot. I have 4 50mm lenses.
Then again, I’ve been using my wide angle lenses more and more these days. I had one of my 50s in my pocket the day I took these shots and switched lenses when I went over to the swamp to see what I could see. Got a few good reflection shots that I’ll probably post next weekend.
You taught my husband and me something his morning. We have wondered why our upward shots taken while walking on trails showed the tar trees all leaning inwards almost like a fisheye. Now we know thanks to your informative post today….the verticals converge. Your shots are lovely and are exceptionally impassive in black and white.
I like the last picture. Really seems like those trees are reaching their arms to the sky.
You really should go out more often. I recommend twice a week, if it’s not too much for you to handle.