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La Rochelle Minature

Canon EOS 20D

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Aperture f/14.0 ISO 400 Shutter 1/400 Focal Length 64/1

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Feb, 2015

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Behind The Lens

Location

The photo was taken at La Rochelle in France from the top of one of the harbour towers

Time

It was 11:48 just as people were starting to gather for lunch

Lighting

It was a fairly overcast day, that actually helps as it prevents the extremely hard midday light from being too overpowering

Equipment

I used my trusty Canon 20D with the very useful 17-85 EFs lens

Inspiration

I was fascinated by the way people were getting on with their own business and I wanted to capture the sense of activity, but, being popular with tourists and also the fact it is nearly time for lunch there was a relaxed feel about the activity and few people were actually rushing around

Editing

Yes indeed, I love the feel of tilt-shift as it does create feel of an alternate reality and with this shot I felt it would work well. The effect can be achieved very easily in Photoshop by simply creating a lens blur layer with a graduated mask plus an adjustment layer pushing the contrast to just beyond sensible. For me it seemed to accentuate the calm activity of the scene below me

In my camera bag

I will either have my Canon 20D or 40D plus my 17-85mm and 50mm 1.8. I love the nifty fifty as it is a sharp lens with lots of creative control and the 17-85 is a good workhorse lens. If I am out for a full on city day or long walks in particular hitting the hills and mountains I will take my little Canon EOS-m which is a fab little travel companion. I do occasionally take a Sigma 70-200 or my other favourite lens the Canon 85mm 1.8, but, I tend to know I am going to need those lenses specifically.

Feedback

This type of shot is really fun, the trick to them though to to find somewhere that has lots of detail and people and a vantage point that gives the impression that the photographer is in an impossible position to normally take the shot. In this instance I hoped I gave the impression of flying over the water looking back into the scene. Try and take advantage where the light is a bit flat and the even lighting really helps, you can always warm the tones of the image to lift the mood to be more summer like.

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