At 21:45 3/30/02, you wrote:
The intesity of the blue sky and red barn is amazing. As flat as the area
is, did you really need the shift? It is crisp, contrasty and impressive.
Nice!
-Mickey
Thanks! This one surprised me some with how well the Kodachrome looked
after the film was processed.
Some of my thoughts at the time I was making it:
It was very late in the afternoon and the view is due east with a low
winter sun in the southern sky (look at the shadows). The sky gained a
deeper blue as the sun sank lower and waited until the cloud formations
were acceptable (and their shadows would not be visible in the
photograph). Then had to watch how long some of the shadows were
getting. The low sun provides high reflectivity off of the horizontal
surfaces (barn, grain elevators, etc.) and can cause them to almost glow
with light. Too low a sun would eventually make shadows from trees behind
me too long and they would become too prominent; it's often a trade-off
between the two. I pushed waiting for lower sun angle hard in this one. I
had visualized making a photograph here some time ago; siezed the
opportunity when the afternoon weather on a weekend provided what I
wanted. [Just looked at the night sky; might have the weather I want for a
repeat of the other one early tomorrow morning.]
About using the shift lens . . .
Parked on the far side of the grain elevator so my vehicle would be
hidden. Walked down through the field until the AOV picked up everything I
wanted and set up the tripod (used the 35/2 to check periodically). Aimed
dead level straight down the side of the highway for as flat a perspective
of the barn and grain elevator as possible. Shifted to the left to move
the vanishing point (created by the highway) to the right, then shifted
down until the top of the nearest power pole was near the top of the frame.
You're absolutely right it could have been made with a straight 35mm, 28mm
and perhaps a 24mm, especially with the buildings rather distant. I found
working with the shift lens allows just a little more control with
selecting perspective, then framing the image. Used it specifically to
practice, gain experience with it in rural and landscape settings, and
learn how to "visualize" with it better.
Thanks,
-- John
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