Landscape with 50mm f1.8

50mm f1.8 is known for it's portrait capabilities and the narrow DOF but it is also useful for landscapes, eg:

The Nifty Fifty

This is my new lens , Canon EF 50mm f1.8.



Here is the setup for the above image


The background is a white reflector flashed with a vivitar 285HV on 1/16 with a blue gel on it. The camera is set to tungten white balance which gives that rich blue color. The lens is lit with another vivitar 285HV through white umbrella at 1/4th power with orange gel to bring the light seen on the lens by camera back to daylight.

Sunny 16 rule

I recently learned a very basic thumb rule of photography regarding exposure. It is called the Sunny 16 rule. It states that

On a bright sunny day, the correct exposure of any subject outdoors is 1/ISO at f16.

Example: If you are shooting at ISO 100, then the correct exposure would be a shutter speed of 1/100 and aperture of f16.

A fine tunning of the exposure can be done from this point.

The following site gives you the technique to arrive at correc exposure settings during various ambient conditions.

http://www.fredparker.com/ultexp1.htm

Angular perspective

Stobist info: 1 vivitar 285HV 1/2 power on white background. 1 vivitar 285HV 1/2 power thru shoot thru umbrella above glasses. Triggered by cactus v2s.

No pp on this one except for cropping , sharpening and brightness/contrast...just basic stuff.



This is a setup to create bright field lighting. Background is a white reflector. A vivitar 285HV is fired onto it at 1/2 power. The glasses are kept on a slanting base, made up of another white reflector. The glasses are lit using another 285HV at 1/2 power thru a shoot thru umbrella.
The camera is also tilted by the same angle as the base on which glasses are kept. This is how you get the slanting level of the water in the final image

P@P in Pune Mirror on 6th April 2009

Here is their report:

PICTURE PERFECT
Forty members of photographers@pune, a Flickr community, held a mega meet to share ideas about photography
PUNE MIRROR TEAM
Agroup of photographers mostly from the city recently came together to share ideas on photography.They call themselves photographers@pune, a Flickr community.According to Wikipedia, Flickr is an image and video hosting website, web services suite, and online community platform. In addition to being a popular site for users to share personal photographs, the service is widely used by bloggers as a photo repository. It claims to host more than three billion images. "The aim was to get together to discuss new cameras, lens, filters, accessories, prints and even about new camera straps. Besides, we also wanted to share photography ideas, tricks and techniques," says Umesh Kale, one of the members. photographers@pune started in 2006.The community has grown and there are around 972 members now. However, it’s not just professional photographers who join the group, people from different professions are also welcome to join the community. "We often organise events related to photography, but this meet was quite big as 40 members were present," adds Umesh. They also organise weekly and monthly photography competitions apart form discussing ideas on the online forum. "Some of us are planning to take pictures of people violating traffic rules. Our intention is to educate people to observe traffic rules," informs Umesh. These are some of the core activities of the group: regular group shoots, outings as well as visits to photographic events, competitions to improve photographic skills, monthly lectures by visiting photographers and professional in the industry, understanding photography, organise exhibitions of photographs taken by members and best of all anyone who’s interested in photography is welcome to join. The meet was held at PuLa Deshpande Garden on April 4.

Image source: Amit Gupte and Meerpagar of Photographers at pune group on flickr.

P@P Meet 4th April 2009

Jealous H50- What does 40D have that i dont?

I think my Sony cybershot DSC-H50 is a bit jealous since i bought canon 40D....But she dosent know that i still love her and will continue to do so.

Strobist info: One Vivitar 285HV at 1/16 behind sony H50, Second Vivitar 285HV , camera right,snooted to light the 40D manual at 1/16. Some white reflectors on camera left to fill the left side of the manual.



Here is the setup