Self-Portrait and Pier Shadows [Photographer Photos]
Uploaded: December 08, 2004 14:52:18
Pier shadows, Central CA Coast, 24mm lens, Fuji Velvia - and a tripod!
Kelly Heaton January 13, 2005
Now this is cool ... I love the light and the long shadow lines ... and, of course, the self protrait ... #204878Kerry Drager January 13, 2005
Hi Kelly,The Story Behind the Making of This Photo
Kelly Heaton January 14, 2005
Thanks so much for the info! #1033015Kerry Drager January 14, 2005
You're welcome, Kelly, and thanks for the follow-up!Elizabeth R. McNeil February 03, 2005
Elizabeth R. McNeil February 03, 2005
Sorry it was supposed to be imagination not "emanation" not sure what happened there =)Kerry Drager February 03, 2005
Hi Elizabeth,Buddy Purugganan February 03, 2005
Spectacular!!! Can an AF camera get 'confused' shooting vertical lines like your photo? #1082360Kerry Drager February 03, 2005
Hi Buddy,A good question about the autofocus. I was using a manual-focus-only camera at the time, but even with my current high-tech camera, I would still probably have gone the manual-focus route - to put the focus right where I wanted it (about a third up from the bottom border of the picture). But my AF camera could have worked too ... while being careful to make sure the lens focused precisely where I wanted it focused. Then I would have locked the focus for when I e-composed my picture.
For exposure, I went manual too, since all the dark shadows could have fooled my camera into thinking the scene was too dark ... thus, over-exposure likely would have resulted. I took a meter reading off middle-blue sky part of the sky and used those settings to shoot this scene. I also could have taken my mid-blue alternate reading in Aperture Priority (since I wanted a small aperture), and then "locked" in those settings for my final composition.
Good question, Buddy ... and I hope this makes sense!
Kerry #1082505
Arya Bandyopadhyay February 04, 2005
Hi Kerry, This is fascinating. You know I have a same shot, almost same. Done with a autofocus camera, aperture priority f16, and focused somewhere around 7 feet. Used 18-35 Nikkor.Kerry Drager February 04, 2005
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