Another run with The Tall Tripod

[480sparky45 44]

Set out first thing this morning to take advantage of a sunny, calm morning. Here's the setup, just west of our Capitol building, looking west towards the downtown area:

Once I ran the camera up to about 30', I ended up with this:

 

[tom5191]

Wow, that's an awesome shot! And, one heck of a tripod!

 

[480sparky45 44]

I went back later that afternoon and got this one:

 

[2WheelPhoto]

nice!

 

[analog.universe]

That thing is a beast, sweet shots.

the non-vertical verticals in the second one are getting me a bit, awesome perspectives though.

 

[2WheelPhoto]

did you shoot these blindly or did you have a way to see a viewfinder or computer screen view?

 

[480sparky45 44]

did you shoot these blindly or did you have a way to see a viewfinder or computer screen view?

Camera is tethered, you can see the laptop. Tether software takes the shot, I can also adjust anything on the camera except for zoom setting and shooting mode (P,A,S,M, etc). If I wanted to, I could, run my D7000 up and use LiveView, but I kept my D60 just for this purpose.

.............the non-vertical verticals in the second one are getting me a bit,.............

What is a 'non-vertical vertical'?

 

[Tkot]

I think he means that the trees and the building appear to be at an angle, and not completely vertical - like spines coming out of a sphere. I noticed that too, liked the effect.