Ben Rubinstein
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I shot this picture this morning in the Lake District UK. These trees by the side of Lake Derwent have had all the pebbles washed away from their roots but they seem to have a lower set of roots which enable the trees to flourish. This shot was taken just after dawn when the air was sparklingly clear.
It was the first time I'd shot my new 17-40L for landscape (my previous one was stolen mid wedding last month) and as reported on the 16-9.com website, it's a lot lot better than the previous generation. The corners are still not as good as the center but about as good as the center was on my old lens! At f8 the sharpness is really really good through to f16 when it starts to go downhill for resolution and f22 is noticeably diffraction limited. That said at 17mm on FF who needs f22!
Aside from the truly horrible downsizing and jpeging (PS is really bad at downsizing information rich pics like this), I'm not sure if this picture works. At smaller sizes I'm sure it doesn't, it's just too busy, but I think that in a larger print (16X12"+) it could work. Any opinions on the pic in general?
http://www.studio-beni.net/roots.jpg
It was the first time I'd shot my new 17-40L for landscape (my previous one was stolen mid wedding last month) and as reported on the 16-9.com website, it's a lot lot better than the previous generation. The corners are still not as good as the center but about as good as the center was on my old lens! At f8 the sharpness is really really good through to f16 when it starts to go downhill for resolution and f22 is noticeably diffraction limited. That said at 17mm on FF who needs f22!
Aside from the truly horrible downsizing and jpeging (PS is really bad at downsizing information rich pics like this), I'm not sure if this picture works. At smaller sizes I'm sure it doesn't, it's just too busy, but I think that in a larger print (16X12"+) it could work. Any opinions on the pic in general?
http://www.studio-beni.net/roots.jpg
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