Sunset Pano

The sky lit up last night over Heber Valley with a storm system approaching.  Three image panorama

Ruin Panorama

The last of a handful of attempts I made at a more scenic bokeh panorama or Brenizer method last weekend.   For this one shot 30 images at 50mm f2.8, stitched using Hugin.  This often photographed ruin in Beef Basin was my willing subject.  My other attempts last weekend all include a group of moving people but will have to see how they turn out.



#17 of 30

Bokeh Panorama Experiment

disclaimer =  some technically challenged photos below but chalked up in the name of learning ; ).

After learning of a process to boost the narrowness of the depth of field of an image this morning using panoramic stitching of multiple overlapping images taken with a longer lens  instead of shooting the same field of view  in one shot with a wider lens,  I had to experiment as soon as possible.

I've shot panoramics with longer glass before to increase level of detail and angle of view, such as this wide rock art panel at the Horseshoe Shelter site last year.
I've also contemplated the benifits of a long lens wide open in different situations, but never put two and two together.

Below the  first image is a panoramic of 16 overlapping images taken with my 40-150mm at 40mm (x2 crop) and wide open at f4.  Stitched with an old version of Hugin (as was the above image), please excuse the parallax errors,  exposure variences, and mostly a gross lack of scenery.
 

Now for the "control", I changed to my 14-42mm lens, took a sip of the drink, and shot at 14mm and wide open at f3.5,

In spite of a lower aperature,  much sharper throughout, less bokeh, and broader DOF. 

I'm sold on trying this on an actual subject of interest or a good friend standing somewhere scenic this weekend!

Ferguson Canyon 08'

A long exposure scene I photographed in Ferguson Canyon, spring 08'

Watch of Wotan

A photo from my Labor Day trip taken at sunset out at Cape Royal, Grand Canyon.

South Coyote Morn'

aka October trip 2012 part 2,
My first visit to South Coyote Buttes, we spent a morning out at Cottonwood Cove, where I shot "Red" from a couple posts earlier.  Here are a few more from that morning.

Provo River

Long but scenic is my commute.  I've often wanted to stop every fall and winter to shoot this stretch.  I finally had a few extra minutes to stop for a change, though not the same as I've always invisioned from the higher perspective of the roadway.  A couple "test" photos along the Provo River before the next storm finishes off all the leaves.