Rick Hulbert
About the Image(s)
My February, 2025 Image was recorded in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
The awesome lighting only occurs in the early morning on the Summer Solstice when the sun rises in its most northerly position above the "North Shore” Mountain Range. An arriving ship (outside of the scene to the left) headed for the Cruise Ship Terminal (noted for its “convention centre sails”) created the middle ground water ripples of the photograph. Technical details include employing a 24mm lens on a full frame sensor, at an aperture of f/11. I was standing at the shoreline of Stanley Park, a 1000 acre reserve adjacent to Vancouver’s Urban Core. I processed the image in Adobe Lightroom Classic software. I wish I could describe the elaborate processing I endured, but actually the scene processed itself. I barely touched the highlight and shadow sliders and the photo was complete.
4 comments posted
I find three details a bit distracting. The bright clouds at the top edge tend to pull my eye to the edge there. The particularly bright green foliage at the right edge does the same. Finally, less so, but I am not sure I like the bright red and blue sign (Chevron?) near dead center. It is small but I am not sure it is keeping with everything else. All of these could be just toned down a bit and I think they'd be fine. I took my cut at that below.
Hey, a question. You shot this at f11, despite the 24mm where dof is usually less of a problem. Maybe you are closer to the rocks than it looks and that was needed. But my question is don't you see a noticeable diffraction loss of sharpness at f11? Guess it depends somewhat on how many megapixels and therefore the pixel size in your camera. But do you consider focus stacking the rocks so you could shoot at f8 or f5.6?
  Posted: 02/12/2025 16:57:53
As always, your comments are insightful.
As I understand from a Chevron Executive, the floating gas station is the only one in existence. That likely swayed my level of saturation.
I have never noticed an increase in diffraction at f/11. That does not mean is not an issue, but maybe it is my current level of eyesight. :)
I have never tried playing with the focus stacking technique.
I don't normally print images. I employ them in my teaching via a "slide" projection or over the past couple of years, via the Zoom platform. Having said all of the above, I don't disagree with your comments. Much appreciated!   Posted: 02/12/2025 17:10:10
  Posted: 02/13/2025 22:38:13