Ch 62 Under the bridge

Stan

I took this this afternoon, 2 shots stacked to allow for the daylight. Unfortunately the EXIF has dissapeared, I think because I moved both shots onto a new sheet.

shutter speed 1/6 sec / 1.3 sec
F/14 / F/14
Focal length: 40mm / 40mm
Lens: 28-70mm
Shot date:06 Apr 2006

Under The Bridge

Comments appreciated

Cheers
Stan

Jamoke

Out of Focus?
Good Idea - I like the top... but the bottom and the streams of water seeem a little OOF. Or perhaps they didn't stack properly. Did you use a tripod? it looks handheld, and like you might have moved a little bit in between the two pictures.

Or maybe it's my eyes...

juliejules

I like the idea too.

I think it's in focus except for the water, which I think is supposed to be soft. My only concern is that it's a little dark at the bottom of the falls.

Cool shot! Good job on the stacking.

Jeffro

Stan wrote:

Comments appreciated
Cheers
Stan

I like it without the opening above, I feel it distracts. IMO:D

Stan

Jamoke wrote:

Good Idea - I like the top... but the bottom and the streams of water seeem a little OOF. Or perhaps they didn't stack properly. Did you use a tripod? it looks handheld, and like you might have moved a little bit in between the two pictures.

Or maybe it's my eyes...

Thanks for the reply Jamoke, Yes I used a tripod, but at 1.3 second exposure, the movement is the water.
The focus is fine, at F/14 the DOF is pretty broad.
I may try a re-shoot on a longer exposure to soften the water more, rather than just blur it.
I don't like the crop to the top of the arch either. so I will go a little wider

juliejules wrote:

I like the idea too.

I think it's in focus except for the water, which I think is supposed to be soft. My only concern is that it's a little dark at the bottom of the falls.

Cool shot! Good job on the stacking.

Thanks JulieJules. It was shot with availabe light and was quite gloomy in there so I guess the bottom was worse may be I could try dodging the bottom

Jeffro wrote:

I like it without the opening above, I feel it distracts. IMO:D

Hi Jeffro, I took some shots close up of the timbers, but there was no context so I pulled back, kicked the beams and gave a wider scene.

Thanks for the replys, they have given me somthings to think about.


Stan

Angelo

cool interpretation of the theme

Stan

Angelo wrote:

cool interpretation of the theme

Thank you Angelo
Stan

erich6

Jeffro wrote:

I like it without the opening above, I feel it distracts. IMO:D

I agree with this comment. Another way to get context when you pulled back was to go to a landscape orientation and open up your exposure a bit so you can get more lighting effects. You have lighting coming from the top and that probably would have looked neat. I'd play with your white balance also...a bit too blue.

Erich

bfishkind

Nice job reworking this image for the contest posting. Love the super-wide angle view and great, silky water. I usually see this water effect used on a stream over rocks or waterfall; I like how the water here pokes through the wood where it can. Nice contrast of movement to the static wood and bricks.

Regards,

Beth

Stan

bfishkind wrote:

Nice job reworking this image for the contest posting. Love the super-wide angle view and great, silky water. I usually see this water effect used on a stream over rocks or waterfall; I like how the water here pokes through the wood where it can. Nice contrast of movement to the static wood and bricks.

Regards,

Beth

Thanks Beth

erich6 wrote:

agree with this comment. Another way to get context when you pulled back was to go to a landscape orientation and open up your exposure a bit so you can get more lighting effects. You have lighting coming from the top and that probably would have looked neat. I'd play with your white balance also...a bit too blue.

Erich

Thanks Erich, the space under the bridge was only about 3'6" by 5'6" so space was limited. I agree with you on the colour balance.

For the reshoot I shanged lenses from the 28-70mm to the 10-22mm.


Cheers
Stan