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Took a trip yesterday (Tuesday, 3/11) to see the colors. I was playing with a technique I learned from a Jennifer Wu at Kenmore Camera's Digital Camera Expo in Lynnwood a couple of years ago. Her technique involves using a wide angle lens and an f-stop in the f22 range, tripod mounted and using manual focus and exposure settings.
These shots were taken using the Canon 5Diii and 24-70mm f2.8 lens, but hand held. I shot at 1 /200s; 70mm; f11; and focused about midpoint between my feet and infinity. But all that aside, the colors were awesome.
great series, Terry! that technique sounds a lot like what's called "hyperfocal focusing", which is a great way to keep everything from the near foreground to infinity in sharp focus. usually works best with wide angle lenses in the 16-35mm range, but depending on the subject and focal distance, it can still work well at 70mm - as you've demonstrated quite well! with a 70mm lens at f/22, focused at, say, 100 feet, everything from about 20 feet on out to infinity would be sharp...
Thanks, Rocky - landscape stuff is a departure for me, but with subjects like the Skagit fields, its fun to try. I had to go to 70mm in order to get the framing I wanted, but the 'hyperfocal focusing' trick seemed to work anyhow.
yeah.. it works with any focal length, Terry... the difference is in how much foreground you can keep sharp. with a 14mm lens on a ff camera, you can keep everything from right under your nose to infinity sharp. as the focal length increases, so does the 'hyperfocal distance', and therefor closest distance that's sharp. the way it works is, if you focus at the hyperfocal distance for your lens (or for the selected focal length, for a zoom), everything from HALF that distance to infinity will be clear... it's a handy trick most landscape shooters learn, often without even knowing what it is.
