Weekly Photo – July 30
©Darwin Wiggett - Canon EOS-1ds Mark III, 24mm Tilt-Shift Lens
I used my standard ‘prairie’ filtering technique (a Singh-Ray Cokin Z-pro sprocket mount LB warming polarizer plus a 4×6 Singh-Ray Two-Stop hard-Edge Grad in a Cokin Z-Pro Holder) to even out the exposure between the sky and the foreground in this scene. I also used the shift feature on my Canon 24mm TSE lens to make a big square image (click on the photo to see a larger version). If you are interested in exactly how I made this photo, check out the video below. The only thing the video does not show is my post-processing procedure which is simply using Photo Merge in Photoshop CS-5 to merge the two component images. Finally I used a strong s-curve on the photo to punch up the contrast in the scene. As you will see the video is ‘on the fly’ (or mosquito in this case) and anything can happen.
Darwin Wiggett 
July 30, 2010 at 12:24 PM
Great video with a surprise ending! Thanks for sharing your technique Darwin.
Wayne
July 30, 2010 at 1:03 PM
Thanks Darwin, really helpful video! You and Sam should come out to Quebec some time (maybe do a workshop I could attend..? 😉
Happy snickety-boo shooting!
July 30, 2010 at 2:50 PM
Great video Darwin! And Brando is such a great dog!
July 30, 2010 at 3:02 PM
Great video Darwin. Thanks for the helpful tips and a wondeful photo.
Sam
July 30, 2010 at 4:31 PM
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July 30, 2010 at 6:24 PM
Hahaha, reminds me of when I take my dog out with me shooting. And this video is very reminicent of saturday night, when I was taking photos of the almost full moon. Too many bugs and my dog running around everywhere. I’d have to say though, these mosquitos remind me of Manitoba. I thought you guys didn’t have mosquitos out here! Lately I’ve been getting eaten alive at work. Great shot, awesome processing, and it looks like I may have to invest in a tilt shift….
July 30, 2010 at 6:56 PM
Great video Darwin! It’s great to see the process used to get the shot, and that is a great image you ended up with! Cheers! JL
July 30, 2010 at 8:14 PM
Darwin. Snikadiboo now I want a tilt shift BAD!
Thanks for the instructional video. Very entertaining!
July 30, 2010 at 9:05 PM
Good lord, I was starting to get itchy just hearing & seeing all the bugs! I’m feeling terrific gear envy over the 24mm tilt-shift…
And I don’t even want to know how you trained Brando…
:^D
– Jack
July 30, 2010 at 9:18 PM
Great tutorial! Thanks Darwin, and glad to see you’re putting the video feature of the T2i to good use. Keep them coming.
July 30, 2010 at 9:27 PM
Excellent Post as usual Darwin! Looks like you could have used a few of the swallows from the Bar U for insect control. Loved the video, I needed a good laugh!
July 30, 2010 at 9:39 PM
[…] I used my standard 'prairie' filtering technique (a Singh-Ray Cokin Z-pro sprocket mount LB warming polarizer plus a 4×6 Singh-Ray Two-Stop hard-Edge Grad in a Cokin Z-Pro Holder) to even out the exposure between the sky and the foreground in this scene. I also used the shift feature on my Canon 24mm TS … Read More […]
July 30, 2010 at 10:19 PM
Nice video – good content and well presented. This is WAY better than Scoble’s recent video on the iPhone Death Grip. Seeing how you combine filters with the Cokin holder is much clearer in video than without.
Thanks for sharing the information. I am looking forward to trying some of your techniques with my new Singh Ray filters when I leave for vacation in the Sierras in two weeks.
July 31, 2010 at 1:08 AM
ahh yes, the zen of bugs and Landscape photography, Super Stuff.
just do a delayed shutter and shooo the black flies, horse fly’s,Deer Flies etc off the lens where they always want to go somehow.
We always seem to survive them, but seriously, great tool that new rebel, sound and video play well on this end.
a big thank you for your expertise on full frame crop frame with the tilt shift lens.
oh yes the ending–too funny, the wife and I had a good chuckle !
July 31, 2010 at 8:04 AM
Great video and awesome photo Darwin. It’s amazing that all you had to do in post was apply a strong “S” curve to get such a great looking final product!
July 31, 2010 at 8:54 AM
Great video Darwin, I have seen many of your images taken with the tilt and shift lens and stitched together but never understood the technique so thanks for explaining it in such detail. Only problem now is I want one of those lens and they are not cheap…
August 1, 2010 at 12:16 PM
Very nice shot, and very interesting video…thanks 😉
August 2, 2010 at 11:14 PM
Darwin, great video — the “through the lens” instructional technique is interesting. Hope to see more instructional vids soon.
August 13, 2010 at 6:03 AM
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August 13, 2010 at 8:46 AM
Looking at getting one of these lenses for Abu Dhabi .. reading with interest over and over again about the stacking part. Thanks for all your inspiration.
August 13, 2010 at 11:38 AM
The sound of bugs in my headphones are making me itch 😉
August 14, 2010 at 11:16 AM
Sir your excitement/passion is lovely to see. My question: Would one be able to achieve the same effect (getting a vertical stack photo) by just tilting the camera down, taking a picture and tilting it up and taking the second picture? Is the tilt/shift lens mandatory?
Regards.
August 14, 2010 at 2:35 PM
No cash to buy stuff at the moment but your photo is inspiring (might just try merging two horizontals anyway) and your video informative and entertaining. Thanks.
Cindy
August 15, 2010 at 9:01 AM
Here is another question related to my previous note: When you have a vertical crop, I wonder why you shot horizontal and not vertical? Would that not have amounted to the same result? Regards.
December 1, 2010 at 11:20 AM
[…] And lastly if you missed the video I made showing how I use the shift function on the tilt shift lens to make ‘stitches’ you can see it at this link. […]
March 15, 2011 at 3:32 AM
[…] I made showing how I use the shift function on the tilt shift lens to make ‘stitches’ you can see it here. Abraham Lake, Bighorn Wildlands, Alberta. This image was taken with a Canon 24mm TS-E lens […]
June 20, 2011 at 4:25 AM
Thanks Darwin, very helpful. Now I just need to get the TS-E @4/3.5L II lens.
HOW MUCH!