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Weekly Informal Challenge number 101 is "Wide Open Spaces" (Thanks to Inga M. for this idea)

Use your lens WIDE OPEN (whatever the highest f-stop is, f/14, f/22, f/32...). We get accustomed to using fast and shallow apertures. Coming from a landscape photography background (and especially from film), the other end of the spectrum used to be more intriguing while trying to get greater depth of field in those images. Lets see what we can do using this photographic tool/rule.

HINTS:
1. You may need a good tripod of you use this in the "golden hours".
2. Remember this can also add to flare tendencies of the lens. (use or avoid)
3. The depth of field decreases as you approach the shortest focal distance allowed by your lens.



(link to guidelines if needed)

Scott (for Walter and Scott)

Should be easy to find here in Texas... LOL... oh wait... Wrong kind of space. Wide focal length. hmmmm

1designguy wrote:Weekly Informal Challenge number 101 is "Wide Open Spaces" (Thanks to Inga M. for this idea)

Use your lens WIDE OPEN (whatever the highest f-stop is, f/14, f/22, f/32...). We get accustomed to using fast and shallow apertures. Coming from a landscape photography background (and especially from film), the other end of the spectrum used to be more intriguing while trying to get greater depth of field in those images. Lets see what we can do using this photographic tool/rule.
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ok I'll ask it.. "wide open" to me means the lowest f number.. where the aperture is open wide. seems the opposite of what you are saying/asking for? I'm confused.

I thought he meant the highest f-stop....so now we are both confused:)

laryl wrote:

1designguy wrote:Weekly Informal Challenge number 101 is "Wide Open Spaces" (Thanks to Inga M. for this idea)

Use your lens WIDE OPEN (whatever the highest f-stop is, f/14, f/22, f/32...). We get accustomed to using fast and shallow apertures. Coming from a landscape photography background (and especially from film), the other end of the spectrum used to be more intriguing while trying to get greater depth of field in those images. Lets see what we can do using this photographic tool/rule.
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ok I'll ask it.. "wide open" to me means the lowest f number.. where the aperture is open wide. seems the opposite of what you are saying/asking for? I'm confused.

I understand wide open to be f/1.4, f/1.8, f/2.8, etc. because that is the widest the lens will open. Confusingly this is known as a large aperture. A small aperture would be f/18, f/22, f/32, etc. which is the smallest amount of light let into the lens. I think the meaning of the challenge is to shoot with the smallest aperture to get the deepest possible depth of field.

Alright, I'll throw in my 0.2¢ worth.

I take it as:

Use the smallest Aperture (F22, F32...) possible...
with the lens dialed in for as much wide angle as possible...
to capture as much of a wide open space as possible...

Next!!

Thanks for the challenge Scott, it is fun to try new things....Here is my try at it.

This was interesting to do for several reasons. I had to lean over a safety barrier to avoid obstructions in order to get the whole ship in and I believe this is the first time I used this lens at f/22. The original exif data got lost when transferring the file back and forth to Photoshop and Lightroom. I extracted it from the Lightroom data. Thanks for this interesting challenge.

http://upload.pbase.com/tygrys50/image/ ... 1/original
today,Matylda

http://www.pbase.com/image/142133091

I'm not sure this fits the bill, but hoping it does.

My contribution for the challenge



Mieke

I'm holding out hope that soon there will be some sunshine in my challenge images....spring is this Tuesday and they're predicting 5 cm of snow overnight This image was taken after a week of windstorms that ravaged over Vancouver Island and the lower mainland, followed by some torrential rains.

http://www.pbase.com/erland/image/142139180

May you have some sunshine in your week ahead,

Racine

How wide is loneliness?

http://www.pbase.com/image/142144418

brett1963 wrote:Thanks for the challenge Scott, it is fun to try new things....Here is my try at it.

Lot os space to explore on that beautifull path!

amoxtli wrote:This was interesting to do for several reasons. I had to lean over a safety barrier to avoid obstructions in order to get the whole ship in and I believe this is the first time I used this lens at f/22. The original exif data got lost when transferring the file back and forth to Photoshop and Lightroom. I extracted it from the Lightroom data. Thanks for this interesting challenge.

I'm sure this has explored a lot of seaspace!