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Danny
Goodmorning from the North of England
The Denby Dale viaduct that we discussed earlier this week, continues to throw up some challenges.
The 19th century structure has 21 arches and a gentle curve. However, the most southerly arch crosses a main road and is quite unique ( please see screen shot) and its called a Skew arch. The hand crafted stones and quoins are remarkable.
My attempts to get some good shots of it earlier this week were thwarted partly because of limited access, but also because it seems to be always partly in shade.
So my question/request for help is twofold, mainly focussing on how to set my EOS90D for a partial shade, and which lens. I'm a macro fan and already know my new 100mm is too big, I've got a nifty fifty, a kit 18-135, a small wide angle 10-18mm and a 85mm (and a few more)!
The focus my question: I want to capture the arch and the inner stonework while accomodating the permanent shade under the bridge.
Any good ideas and advice gladly received.
Ramsden
@Ramsden wrote:
Goodmorning from the North of England
The Denby Dale viaduct that we discussed earlier this week, continues to throw up some challenges.
The 19th century structure has 21 arches and a gentle curve. However, the most southerly arch crosses a main road and is quite unique ( please see screen shot) and its called a Skew arch. The hand crafted stones and quoins are remarkable.
My attempts to get some good shots of it earlier this week were thwarted partly because of limited access, but also because it seems to be always partly in shade.
So my question/request for help is twofold, mainly focussing on how to set my EOS90D for a partial shade, and which lens. I'm a macro fan and already know my new 100mm is too big, I've got a nifty fifty, a kit 18-135, a small wide angle 10-18mm and a 85mm (and a few more)!
The focus my question: I want to capture the arch and the inner stonework while accomodating the permanent shade under the bridge.
Any good ideas and advice gladly received.
Ramsden
You can't vary exposure in an image, but you can adjust the various exposure regions of an image in post processing..
Without knowing what software you use for post processing I will start with the free Canon DPP4.
Not a great image but it was one I could easily find. Look at the shadow region under the carport before and after the Shadows slider was adjusted.
John,
Yours is a great example. I did the same thing when I shot pictures of the holmenkollen in Norway.
This is the Skew arch from a distance. Its purpose was to dovetail the joint over the road into the track going South. The previous 20 arches have a gentle curve, which is quite beautiful to the eye.
The second photo highlights the geometry of the Skew. In my mind, its a dream for artistic photography.
The third one has the shadows.
I'm tempted to go macro with an extension for my next visit, to highlight the stone mason's skills
Ramsden
@Ramsden wrote:
This is the Skew arch from a distance. Its purpose was to dovetail the joint over the road into the track going South. The previous 20 arches have a gentle curve, which is quite beautiful to the eye.
The second photo highlights the geometry of the Skew. In my mind, its a dream for artistic photography.
The third one has the shadows.
I'm tempted to go macro with an extension for my next visit, to highlight the stone mason's skills
Ramsden
Very interesting architecture.
DPP has a good Stamp tool which can be used to eliminate unwanted aspects of an image.
I removed the light fixture.
I forget if I sent this to you, but Nina Bailey of EOS Magazine has an ebook addressing DPP4.
I have purchased a number of her trains materials and guides.
