Forum: Photography


Subject: Let's try Wolfie's suggestion.

Misha883 opened this issue on Mar 24, 2003 ยท 6 posts


Misha883 posted Mon, 24 March 2003 at 7:52 PM

Snaps had (what I thought) was a very good suggestion; posting an image with a bit of background and self-evaluation. Then turning it over to the Forum. Here goes! This image came out of about a five mile walk about town I did on a quiet Sunday afternoon. Motavation for this was a couple things: in my last Chicago Architecture seriesI had a fair amout of trouble fitting in some of the scenery with a 35mm wide angle; and, oddly enough, I now have a new 21mm. I had not been real happy with this new lens. It did not seem real sharp. So wanted to test it out on a tripod, with a small aperature, and some fine grained film. I chose Fuji Superia Realia 100, mostly because it was in the refrigerator. Buit also because it has tight grain, and a lot of exposure latitude. I knew some of the scenes would be fairly high contrast, and did not want to fuss too much with exposure. This shot was taken under the El, not too far from Sears Tower. The long shutter speed (one second? I was shooting at f/22), nicely showed the motion of the cars, which was partly my intention at this busy intersection. [I wish it had been somewhat busier; this now looks more like a quiet intersection. But I'm sure I would have had trouble with the tripod during a normal work day. The street in the background was in bright sun, but I really did not do anything "special" for exposure, just let the camera set it according to my selected f/22. I like what the wide-angle did with the perspective here. Again, wish there was more traffic! There was no funny Photoshop stuff done to this.