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The geometry of the stones' layout is very appealing to me...
(c) Duffy Doherty

The geometry of the stones' layout is very appealing to me...
(c) Duffy Doherty
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NIKON D600

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Aperture f/8.0 ISO 200 Shutter 1/1000 Focal Length 260/10

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Jun, 2015

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Behind The Lens

Location

This image was taken at the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery on Cabrillo Memorial Drive, in Point Loma, CA

Time

I was on a mid-day drive to the Cabrillo National Monument to get my lifetime National Parks pass. I just couldn't pass this spot without stopping

Lighting

It was a relatively clear day, with just a very few scattered clouds. It was slightly breezy, the air fresh off the ocean. 'The kind of day you're glad to be outside and alive...

Equipment

I had my Nikon D600 with the Nikon 24-85mm lens that came with a lot of D600s. I actually got them separately. No tripod or special lighting. I simply did a hand-held series of shots, to be stitched together later as a panoramic compilation...

Inspiration

The geometry of the stones' layout is very appealing to me... As I drive by a military cemetery, I am always fascinated by the changing angles presented by the layout. It almost seems kaleioscopic...! I visualized that a pano might capture the effect of the changing views all at once. It did!

Editing

The images, I believe there were eight of them, were shot in RAW. In fact I never shoot any other way. I ran a basic RAW development preset that I created in Adobe camera Raw, that includes lens correction, chromatic aberration correction and basic sharpening. After that I stitched them together as a panoramic image.

In my camera bag

Normally, in my bag I carry two Nikon full frame bodies, a D600 and a D810. They will most likely be mounted with a Nikon 16-35mm F/4 and a Nikon 24-70mm F/2.8 respectively. I carry other lenses too, a Nikon 70-200mm F/4, a Nikon 105mm F/2.8 Micro, a Sigma Art 50mm F/1.4, a Sigma Art 85mm F/1.4 and a couple of Nikon SB-700s. On this particular day, I only had my D600 with the 24-85mm lens on it...in case I saw something!

Feedback

Not that my opinion matters, but I try to shoot what I take delight in. When I see something that strikes me, and seems photo worthy, I try to narrow down exactly what about it makes it seem that way, what I love about it. Then I ask myself what Photographic approach I can use to amplify the particular aspect that attracted me to it. I visualize how I can make the image represent my delight and then try to capture that... Just like everyone else I am always learning. This above described approach to making photographs may not be for everyone, but it works for me...

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