Jon Joyce  


Against the Tide by Jon Joyce

October 2018 - Against the Tide

About the Image(s)


Walking the beach late in the day, the old jetty pilings seemed to be picking up colors not visible with the sun overhead. I thought the tidal current added life to the image. Shot on a tripod, f/22, 1/8, ISO 200. Post processing in On1.


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Robert Schleif   Robert Schleif
(Group 78)
Interesting colors all right. I don't understand how the closest piling can be blurred, but the water in front of and behind it can be sharply focused.   Posted: 10/04/2018 10:40:33
Jon Joyce   Jon Joyce
Hmmm I don't understand that either. The near post does not look blurred on my monitor, but not as sharp as it might be. Could that happen because the subject is inside the dof?   Posted: 10/04/2018 16:00:14
Robert Schleif   Robert Schleif
(Group 78)
I wonder if the water isn't as sharp as it seems. Alternatively, the red on that piling is pretty bright. If there is some light scattering in the optics, perhaps it would look like blurring.   Posted: 10/04/2018 19:29:34



Dorinda Wills   Dorinda Wills
I see the blurring also. The left hand piling is the sharpest to me. Is the blurring from the water running down the side of the posts? Aside from that, I would crop half the distance to the closest piling, from the bottom. I do get a sense of what you saw with the late afternoon colors.   Posted: 10/05/2018 14:04:01



Judy Merson   Judy Merson
Beautiful colors but the blurring of all the pilings distracts from the image Judging from the 1/8 speed I imagine it is the water running over the pilings that caused the blur as Dorinda notes. I imagine the foreground water does not look so blurred since we do not expect excessive sharpness in water It may also be the f22 aperture I have been told that some lenses get less sharp at smaller apertures due to refraction   Posted: 10/08/2018 16:14:32
Robert Schleif   Robert Schleif
(Group 78)
Light that passes close to an edge is diffracted and spreads out somewhat from its incoming beam. When the majority of the light involved passes close to an edge, as happens when one's lens aperture is small, this diffracted light somewhat blurs the image. Typically such blurring becomes noticeable at around f/16 with our DSLR's. Possibly this is the reason that, as Judy says, all the pilings are somewhat blurred, and we feel that the surrounding water is not blurred because we don't expect to see fine detail in water or waves.   Posted: 10/13/2018 15:15:53



Leonid Shectman   Leonid Shectman
In my opinion, the piling specially on the right should be more sharper and if the water would be more still will be better.   Posted: 10/13/2018 13:43:30



 
Interesting subjectthe focus catches everyones eye. Would be interesting to know why you used f/22, speed at 1/8 sec and ISO at only 200.   Posted: 10/14/2018 13:07:54
Jon Joyce   Jon Joyce
Great question, Tom. One I ask myself as I reviewed the photo and the micro data. The short answer is, I honestly don't remember why. I think it must've been because the camera was set up for another shot and I neglected to change it when I took this one. I don't mind the blurring on top of the pilings from the water passing over them. Indeed, more blurring there would have been better.   Posted: 10/14/2018 16:02:31



Jessica Manelis   Jessica Manelis
(Group 57)
The colors in this image are what work for me. They make it very exciting. It is strange as others have suggested that the one piling is so blurry, especially if you were shooting with a tripod. That would be the one negative of the image. I like the composition and the POV you used.   Posted: 10/17/2018 07:57:35