Allgäu in Winter
Made a short little road trip down to the Allgäu region over the weekend, or in other words, to the mountains. The trip was also to test out ‘the van,’ which we are going to take on a 3 week trip to Scotland next month. Weather was hit and miss, but managed a few photos between the snow and rain…
Santa Barbara
Nice day today. Seems I still can’t remember it’s 2008 though. Germany in 10 days…
Winter and Summer
Stamsund
Firth of Lorn
From the southern end of Kerrera. Islands of Insh, Garvellachs, Seil and Scarba. Oct 2006
Simple Panoramics with Tilt/Shift lens.
Simple Tilt/Shift panoramic technique.
I like using a Tilt/Shift lens for my panos because the post processing is super simple and I don’t have to carry a separate rotating tripod head specifically for panos. Though I do have to carry a specific lens, my Nikon 85mm F2.8 Tilt/Shift is also a macro lens, so I can sort of kill two birds with one stone. If all is done correctly, I can put an image together in around 1 min or less. When moving elements enter the scene, such as water, that is where the fun starts; I’ll post on this in the future.
Requirements:
- Tilt/Shift lens
- Tripod
- Cable release (not necessary, but helpful)
- Photoshop
In the field:
Be sure the camera is in manual exposure mode. The camera can be used in either portrait (vertical) or landscape (horizontal) orientation, depending on subject and what you want to do. If shooting horizontal panos in landscape orientation, only 3 shots are necessary, left, center, and right. When shooting vertical panos in landscape orientation, I will usually take 4 shots, as the overlap is a bit thin with only 3, so 4 will give you a bit more to work with if there is any complex blending required (this depends on subject, and in general 3 shots are adequate). You can also experiment with utilizing focal plane shift in combination with panos for some cool and creative results.
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Stamsund
The first time I saw this view (without the snow) was in the summer of 2001, sometime around 2:00 in the morning. It’s from a little mountain on the way to Steinetinden. It’s a very easy hike in summer, which gives an amazing view from the summit. When it’s covered with fresh snow, it’s a bit more difficult, but the view is better and worth the effort, though one wrong move near the top would mean a fall of around 700 feet.
Crater Lake
From back in the summer. click to see bigger…
Been busy… Will post more often once the holidays are over with.
Wellington
During the day I had scouted out a place which I thought would be a good sunset view of the city. But stupid me, I forgot to actually check when the sunset was, so when I returned about 1.5 hours too early ( I thought the walk would take longer than it did) I was left sitting on top of this hill on the most uncomfortable crappy little bench that can possibly be constructed while waiting for the light to fade. And of course Wellington is a city that isn’t short on its gusty winds, so I had to resort to aerobics every few minutes to try and keep warm, with people passing by from time to time giving me slightly funny looks for my apparent eccentricities.
Seasons On Lofoten Winter eBook
Seasons On Lofoten Summer eBook
