This image makes me feel like I’m there. Just like in “real life” there’s a lot going on and my eyes rove around, taking it in and enjoying it all. It’s as if there were two different scenes brought together – but they belong together, the light makes it so. And the trees’ V’s.
Thanks for the comment. I wasn’t sure how this picture reads (although you never really know with any of them). 😊 I hear you about the two-images-in-one effect. It’s a bit surreal, to be honest.
Backstory: I stopped shooting long format images about fifteen years ago because they were so incredibly difficult to print and frame. At one time I had quite a few, and they were the largest pieces I was doing. It all feels a bit new now. Strange…
It’s a little uncomfortable in the sense that your eyes keep going back and forth and they don’t know where to settle, but for me it works.
Is there an aspect ratio in camera that gets close to this? The closest I have is 16:9. Or do you use 16:9 and then crop? Wide angle lens?
If it works; that’s good. My eyes take the invitation into the scene from the wall and arcs around to the river, but maybe that’s because I was standing on the wall when I shot the picture 😊 These are created by stitching (which I mentioned at the first one I posted a few weeks ago). The process is an engaging one and it does have some overlap, I’d say, with ICM, since it involves a sweep. I’m taking three to four images, generally left to right. But I sweep it first to get a feel for what I’m going to see. I’m doing the stitching in Adobe Camera Raw. The menu has gotten better and there’s various editing options.
I’ve been using a wide mainly, because it’s going to be able to deal with DOF better (in the event there’s a tree trunk in the foreground). Today, I shot a number of scenes using my normal F1.4 in vertical format. That should be interesting: using three or four verticals to make a horizontal.
Hope this didn’t put you to sleep!
No, it doesn’t put me to sleep at all, it just makes me more curious. I don’t know why I didn’t think of stitching.
Using 3 or 4 verticals to make a horizontal sounds interesting…you held the camera vertically, is that what you meant? And your normal f1.4 for landscapes? Maybe it’s not a landscape, and I know in a good lens you can get great detail with f1.4 but it’s not what I’d expect.
Sorry, I explained that poorly. That’s the lens I used today (25mm f1.4 Panasonic Leica). I shot today’s work at around f8 to guarantee good DOF. And today, most of the pictures were sweeps taken with 4 verticals (give or take). But most of the previous work you’ve seen was taken with a group of horizontals using a 12mm, and one or two taken with the 20mm. The extra wide format has its appeal, for sure. Today’s group will have a different character.
I also shot a number of straight individual images today. It was cold out there! It’ll be a few days before I get to all these; not sure yet if the stitches will produce anything worthwhile.
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This image makes me feel like I’m there. Just like in “real life” there’s a lot going on and my eyes rove around, taking it in and enjoying it all. It’s as if there were two different scenes brought together – but they belong together, the light makes it so. And the trees’ V’s.
Thanks for the comment. I wasn’t sure how this picture reads (although you never really know with any of them). 😊 I hear you about the two-images-in-one effect. It’s a bit surreal, to be honest.
Backstory: I stopped shooting long format images about fifteen years ago because they were so incredibly difficult to print and frame. At one time I had quite a few, and they were the largest pieces I was doing. It all feels a bit new now. Strange…
It’s a little uncomfortable in the sense that your eyes keep going back and forth and they don’t know where to settle, but for me it works.
Is there an aspect ratio in camera that gets close to this? The closest I have is 16:9. Or do you use 16:9 and then crop? Wide angle lens?
If it works; that’s good. My eyes take the invitation into the scene from the wall and arcs around to the river, but maybe that’s because I was standing on the wall when I shot the picture 😊 These are created by stitching (which I mentioned at the first one I posted a few weeks ago). The process is an engaging one and it does have some overlap, I’d say, with ICM, since it involves a sweep. I’m taking three to four images, generally left to right. But I sweep it first to get a feel for what I’m going to see. I’m doing the stitching in Adobe Camera Raw. The menu has gotten better and there’s various editing options.
I’ve been using a wide mainly, because it’s going to be able to deal with DOF better (in the event there’s a tree trunk in the foreground). Today, I shot a number of scenes using my normal F1.4 in vertical format. That should be interesting: using three or four verticals to make a horizontal.
Hope this didn’t put you to sleep!
No, it doesn’t put me to sleep at all, it just makes me more curious. I don’t know why I didn’t think of stitching.
Using 3 or 4 verticals to make a horizontal sounds interesting…you held the camera vertically, is that what you meant? And your normal f1.4 for landscapes? Maybe it’s not a landscape, and I know in a good lens you can get great detail with f1.4 but it’s not what I’d expect.
Sorry, I explained that poorly. That’s the lens I used today (25mm f1.4 Panasonic Leica). I shot today’s work at around f8 to guarantee good DOF. And today, most of the pictures were sweeps taken with 4 verticals (give or take). But most of the previous work you’ve seen was taken with a group of horizontals using a 12mm, and one or two taken with the 20mm. The extra wide format has its appeal, for sure. Today’s group will have a different character.
I also shot a number of straight individual images today. It was cold out there! It’ll be a few days before I get to all these; not sure yet if the stitches will produce anything worthwhile.