Denby Dale Viaduct

[Ramsden]

I ventured out this afternoon with the intention on shooting one of my favourite local landmarks, the Denby Dale Viaduct. My aim was to work on my latest techniques, using the White Balance option, and experimenting with aperture settings.

But the rain came, so here's a few hastily taken shots.

EOS90D and EF 85mm set on Monochrome.

Interesting how the camera behaved on M and ISO Auto. 

First shot to show a few arches: ISO 2000, f1.8 1/10,000s

Second shot of a couple of arches.

ISO 1000 f1.8  1/5000s

 

 Ramsden 

[LeeP]

I like them both. The first picture could use a little bit more exposure in post but it's close to really nice as is. The second one I especially like.

[Ramsden]

Thanks Lee 

It was all a bit chaotic when the rain started. My intentions were good. But...

[LeeP]

I love the starkness of both.

[jrhoffman75]

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@Ramsden wrote:

I ventured out this afternoon with the intention on shooting one of my favourite local landmarks, the Denby Dale Viaduct. My aim was to work on my latest techniques, using the White Balance option, and experimenting with aperture settings.

But the rain came, so here's a few hastily taken shots.

EOS90D and EF 85mm set on Monochrome.

Interesting how the camera behaved on M and ISO Auto. 

First shot to show a few arches: ISO 2000, f1.8 1/10,000s

Second shot of a couple of arches.

ISO 1000 f1.8  1/5000s

 

 Ramsden 

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I'm curious about the particular settings you used. Any special effect you were trying to achieve?

[Ramsden]

Hi John 

Good question, and I think you would have smiled if you’d seen me carrying my camera bag and tripod to this viaduct. I'd just set my tripod up, when the first drops of rain arrived ( it wasn't forecast)

But to answer your question, It was my intention to try out the White Balance feature in the Shoot menu. Lee had previously commented on one of my old Yorkshire stone photographs, that it would look better in Monochrome. But I have to admit that I hadn't used the White Balance feature correctly, having been both confused by it, and falling into the WB  braketing trap.

My recent photos of the Cliff stone would have benefited from WB adjustments, ie the low to high shots, where the bright sky impacted the shot.

But following a couple of comments during the recent Picture Style thread, where SOOC guys said they used WB to adjust their pictures before shooting, I have now managed to better understand this feature.

So to answer your question in a very long winded way, it was my intention to work on a range of shots of the arches, and beautiful stone work. I'd set up my Samsung phone in the shoot menu but was disappointed to find that the WB feature doesn't appear to be an option in Shoot, but I'm using this feature more anyway, just to avoid Live screen glare.

The camera was in M with aperture set to f1.8, and if the rain hadn't arrived, I would have taken more close up shots of the masonry around the arches, while using the WB option.

I hope this all makes sense, as I continue to learn more about my camera.

Ramsden