Opposites attract
Took this on my Pinnacles sunset shoot with Tony Middleton with my new 5DmkII last week. I must say this camera has totally transformed the way I shoot. When I shot with Velvia I’d rarely shoot more than 36 shots a day. On this shoot with digital I shot 102 shots in around an hour. I bracket everything (for a few shots I took 6 brackets) and of those shots I’m happy with at least one of each composition set I took. Wonderful to just shoot each scene with different lenses, filters and compositions to see what works best without worrying about the expense and with the ability to check you’ve got it or not and bracket a bit further afield if necessary.
Strangely satisfying to flow so quickly from one viewpoint to the next too. With this shot it was just walking from one spot to the next and thought a boulder shot would be good, now are there any that stand out, and literally as the thought occurs I see these little beauties which as you can see were quite unique in this boulder strewn landscape. After a bit of tripod fun on the boulders this was the result. Would be interesting to take this one again under different lighting conditions but this one works for me anyway.
Camera: Canon EOS 5D mkII
Lens: EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM @ 18mm
Filter: UV
ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 0.5 sec
Aperture: f/22
WB: Auto
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dinghysailor1
love it trav and great to hear you’re having such a ball!!
helmutk
Brilliant capture Travis !
David Henderson
Love it Travis, great work….might just go digital yet :))))
Travis Easton replied
I was pretty die hard on the film but I must say I really am finding this a step up in both quality and user friendliness. Although I must say I’m still mightily attracted to large format film photography. I don’t think that will ever be surpassed, for me however 35mm is pretty much dead. Cheers
Annette Blattman
fantastic comp Travis, amazing detail
Travis Easton replied
Thanks Annette, appreciated
Robert Mullner
Superb shot Trav…love the super wide perspective..awesome tones and muted light..
Travis Easton replied
Certainly nice to have a nice wide lens that really allowed me to get on top of these rocks to really get that perspective happening, thanks bud.
kathy s gillen...
excellent shot, and use of dof
Steve Chapple
Great composition and use of shape and texture.
Donovan wilson
HI Trav .nice shot .good to see that you are useing the new canon .i will be downe that way next week need a holiday all my photos are a bit black thanks for the comments.
Peter Hill
It’s great to read of your journey Travis. The results speak loads – all that 35mm and medium format experience is being brought to bear in what you produce with the 5dmk2. Awesome stuff, and mightily enjoying it!
Travis Easton replied
Thanks as always mate, the journey is loads of fun huh… boys with toys ;-)
Mel Brackstone
Hehe, so wonderful to read about your journey to digital, Travis!! What a revelation it must be! I know I didn’t look back once I bought my 20D….This is a beaut capture too!
Travis Easton replied
Thanks as always Mel, having a ball. Just last night I read a list of Joe Cornish’s top 5 tips.
5. Get out more. But take fewer pictures.
Maybe if I ever go large format I’ll take this on hehe.
Geoff Coleman...
This is a brilliant perspective Travis and the DoF is intense – superb shot this. Enjoyed your rave too. Makes you really respect the pre-digital photographers (particularly those working in large format with attendant huge costs) and the number of really superb photos they took without the flexibility digital gives you to just try anything and delete the 95% of failures.
Travis Easton replied
Doing the shoot with Tony and his 617 at $5 a click bought this fact home. Totally different discipline and approach with film. I’m immensely glad I did it for as long as I did, taught me heaps about getting it right the first time. All the same it is liberating to deliberately get it wrong in the bracketing as it were and have options for later. Thanks for the fav mate.
OldBirch
Great pov and love the contrast in shapes.
Nicely done. Great shot.
mausue
Love the perspective. Great dof. Lovely colour and detail.
Heather Rivet...
outstanding
Jan Fijolek
Great work, love composition and colours!
Carmen Mandel-...
Bautiful boulders, Travis. They remind me of my late little son, keeping balance atop one pretty boulder while “surfing” an imaginary wave and smiling to my camera. You evoked a tender memory in this so difficult time.
Francesca Rizzo
fantastic comp – i abs love it, well done
NICKY7
Really nice looks like the east coast of England typical or places like Filey and spurn point . whitby scarborough
Rachael Taylor
Great image. Looks an amazing spot, well taken
John Pitman
Nice fg detail and lead through Travis.
Luka Skracic
Great Wide Close up Travis, love that low perspective!
linifer
Wonderful
Stephen Williams
good to hear you’re loving the camera Travis!
sounds like a beauty.
this beach is awesome, love the foreground here. it would be unbelievable under the right light conditions though!!
get back there buddy!! ;-)
Harry Oldmeadow
very effective use of the wide angle — a very pleasimng composition of a beautiful subject
Neophytos
Lovely composition as usual ,and how liberating to know you are not running out of film Travis..!! I must say that using ‘Digital’ has the advantages over film in some cases ,as you are discovering, mind you there are compromises in everything.!Enjoy it Travis .
Honor Kyne
Love it :))
Richard George
You continue to find and present excellent images of the the world around us. Again you have not disappointed. Kudos.
Jan Timmons
This pov is most appealing. Did you lie down on these beautiful polished stones with your tripod?
I’ve read that one should “get out” often, but take fewer shots. Your enthusiasm for shooting often, bracketing, and enjoying occasional surprises appeals to me, as does this lovely scene.
Travis Easton replied
Thanks Jan. Just last week I read a list of Joe Cornish’s top 5 tips. No. 5 was: Get out more. But take fewer pictures. Maybe if I ever go large format I’ll take this on hehe.
Took this shot crouching down. Thanks
JonathanA
Fantastic image. In the top right corner it looks like an eye looking down onto the scene. Really like this.
Sharon Mau
In this amazing light I love the lavender and iron rich colours of the stones, it is a wonderful perspective with great depth of field.
Rany Lutz
Super prespective!