Reflection

I wasn't initially encouraged by the results and lighting at the time but the other night while browsing through the folder from that trip to the Wave last year and wondering when I ever might get caught up on those photos I thought I'd give this one a try after all.  I seem to recall feeling a little too intimate with a lot of ants during the making of this image.

Reflection Second Wave

Rimrock Toadstools Sunset

I've been busy looking for a new photo host for older albums, fixing the photos on trip reports on varius forums, having my first set of prints made, and concentrating on my collection of wildflower photos. Time for a break. Another favorite from a trip last October.

The Day Wanes At Woton's Throne

Another from my trip to the North Rim and Coyote Buttes North over the Labor Day weekend.

Sunset Season

It's that time of year again, the sun goes down behind the mountains and sometimes lights up the sky timely, right about the end of the work day.  Though the sunset captured in my Sunset Pano taken a couple weeks ago was the best of the season so far.
Here are a couple more including another image from that night to start off with.

November 8

Novermber 17

November 20

November 21

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!