Depth of Field: Since I am mostly housebound now, I spend my time playing with my pictures on my PC. On a recent outing, I took some shots round about an old harbour nearby. On looking...

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Aug 17, 2013 12:53:17 #

nairiam Loc: Bonnie Scotland

Since I am mostly housebound now, I spend my time playing with my pictures on my PC. On a recent outing, I took some shots round about an old harbour nearby.
On looking at the results, I was fascinated with the depth of field apparent.
Taken from Banff Northeast Scotland, with Macduff in the background. The stone topping the parapet is local red granite.
Used easy HDR to process.
The parapet of the old harbour nearest the camera was approximately 200 yards away. However, the tall tower towards the left was about 3/4 mile away.
Three images were taken handheld auto bracket on a Canon SX50.
Correct Exposure
ISO 125 for all shots
focus : 51mm

Shots were :
correct :
f : 5.6
t: 1/640

under :
- 1 stop
t : 1/1000

over : 1/320
+ 1 stop
t : 1/320

Please comment.

Banff and Macduff

Aug 17, 2013 12:59:07 #

boudreau Loc: Ascension Parish, LA

Suitable for framing and hanging over the sofa. Great shot.

Aug 17, 2013 13:08:56 #

Kingmapix Loc: Mesa, Arizona

Very well done. Thanks for listing the exposure data.

Aug 17, 2013 13:10:45 #

angler Loc: StHelens England

Excellent shot Nairiam.

Aug 17, 2013 13:23:40 #

nairiam Loc: Bonnie Scotland

boudreau wrote:

Suitable for framing and hanging over the sofa. Great shot.

Thank you fur the kind words. pleased you liked it.

Aug 17, 2013 13:25:40 #

nairiam Loc: Bonnie Scotland

Kingmapix wrote:

Very well done. Thanks for listing the exposure data.

Thanks for the kind comment. I hope the detail will help others, even though the camera was on auto, the information is telling.

Aug 17, 2013 13:26:41 #

nairiam Loc: Bonnie Scotland

angler wrote:

Excellent shot Nairiam.

Coming from you angler, it is accepted as a very kind Comment. Thank you.

Aug 17, 2013 13:31:41 #

erpatterson78 Loc: Ohio

nairiam I really like how that turned out. everything from the focal point to the clouds were in the right spot :)

Have you read Trey Ratcliff's HDR guide? I'd like to get into that but my camera does not do the autobracket. Again nice shot and like the way it turned out.

Aug 17, 2013 13:42:40 #

nairiam Loc: Bonnie Scotland

erpatterson78 wrote:

Thanks for your kind comments. Anything I've picked up about HDR I read online. I've tried various free downloads to see for myself how things would look.
The exaggerated HDR is not for me, although I admire many of them. I have manually bracketed in the past but a tripod is essential and a lot of care taken.
Thanks for looking.

Aug 17, 2013 14:15:16 #

ravinderrainger Loc: wishaw, scotland.

erpatterson78 you dont need autobracketing. just shoot in RAW, then under and over expose in lightroom saving each as an image, he presto bracketed images

Aug 17, 2013 14:38:38 #

nairiam Loc: Bonnie Scotland

ravinderrainger wrote:

erpatterson78 you dont need autobracketing. just shoot in RAW, then under and over expose in lightroom saving each as an image, he presto bracketed images

I've tried this, but working in RAW seems to be hard work for me. I'm not sure why because I don't find other programs daunting, just the likes of Photoshop does much more than I require. I believe if I wanted bells and whistles I'd go for GIMP.
However I do appreciate your comment very much.

Aug 17, 2013 14:41:09 #