New Lens, Clear Sunny Day at the Seaside, UWA Challenge.
Having decided to treat myself to a new lens I had to wait for an opportunity during perhaps the wettest November I remember.
So after the rain and dull skies a bright sunny day was just what I had been waiting for so I went along to my local seaside town where I had a picture in mind.
The new lens is an Ultra Wide Angle and I thought it would be a good exercise to leave that lens on the camera and challenge myself to only take pictures within its 10 - 18mm range.
The weather was a fabulous crisp winters day and actually became quite warm in the sun.
It quickly became evident that you need to think in a slightly different way with these lens and look for different subjects than with a normal lens.
Some things I learned from the exercise were;
You have to look at subjects from a different Perspective
It is almost impossible to exclude people from the picture.
If the sun is anywhere in your field of view - it will appear in the picture.
You will get distortion to some degree or another so use it of accept it.
UWA lens are great for showing a subject in its surroundings rather than the usual close-ups with often confusing backgrounds.
If there are railing in front of you - you have to get tight to the railings or they will appear in the picture.
At the pier I had to get less than 3 foot from the junction between the paving and the boards to exclude the paving from the picture.
Torquay Pier
Torquay Pier
Torquay Inner Harbour Pedestian Bridge
Torquay Inner harbour
Gardens @ Torquay
Fountain - Torquay Front
Pedestrian Road Bridge
Torr Abbey
Beautiful shots. I was there in 1974, and I remember that hill with the buildings.
In a few thousand years, archaeologists are going to see that star (compass rosette?) in your first shot and notice how the light pole casts a shadow right at the point. They'll spend decades arguing over the significance. :D
An excellent set, nicely done.
Nice to see you're enjoying your new lens.
Beautiful shots. Would you mind sharing what camera you were using and did you shoot in raw.
Nice shots, Crwiwy, especially considering that you were shooting right into the sun on most of them.
retired2014 wrote:
Beautiful shots. Would you mind sharing what camera you were using and did you shoot in raw.
Hi
Yes the shots were in RAW. I used to shoot in both RAW and JPG but found I never used the JPG. There is just so much detail in RAW which is just waiting to be released with even simple processing.
Pictures were processed in LightRoom 5 and all these were generally fairly basic processing for quickness.
The camera is a Canon 700D - which I believe you probably know as a Rebel T5i.
Yes, the sky really is that blue in the UK at times - not processing trickery or polarizers.
#5,7 and 2 are my favourites.
Enjoy your new lens
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