Tilting At Windmills

[KmH]

Shot this afternoon.
1/1250, ISO 200, f/5.6, 32 mm (Nikon AF 24-85 mm f/2.8-4D on a D50), center-weight metering, WB - direct sunlight.
About 1/4 of a stop under exposed to help boost the saturation a touch.

 

[tirediron]

Very nice Mr. Quixote!

 

[BillM]

Thats a beautiful shot :thumbup:

 

[charlie76]

Very nice...simple and nice balance. Very comfortable to look at

 

[robbins.photo]

Am I the only one sorely disappointed? Not a one of them is tilted. They are all straight up and down. Ok, now I realize that scaring up a donkey and a lance on such short notice might have been a bit difficult, but dude.. photoshop.. cut, paste, rotate... lol

Seriously though, very nice Keith.

 

[KmH]

Thanks y'all.

Not bad for what some would call an old, obsolete, 6.1 MP camera, and an old model has-no-focus-motor-in-it lens.
Nikon stopped making the D50 just 7.5 years ago, but they still make the lens.

 

[KmH]

Note too I didn't have to use a tiny lens aperture like f/16 to get a deep DoF.

That's because the point of focus (PoF) was far from the camera, I'd guess about 600 feet.
Using 32 mm @ f/5.6 and being conservative using 450 feet as the PoF distance:
• at 450 feet to the PoF, the near DoF limit is 28 feet from the camera
• the far limit was infinity

 

[BillM]

Am I the only one sorely disappointed? Not a one of them is tilted. They are all straight up and down.

You need to calibrate your monitor, they are all tilted :mrgreen:

 

[sk66]

Note too I didn't have to use a tiny lens aperture like f/16 to get a deep DoF.

That's because the point of focus (PoF) was far from the camera, I'd guess about 600 feet.

Actually, it's because you used a wide lens and not the POF.
Just swagging the DOF; an APS camera with a 32mm at f/16 the hyperfocal distance is ~10ft (30% of 30mm). At 2x the aperture (f/8) it's ~20ft (double) and at f/5.6 it's ~30ft. REGARDLESS of where you focus the near limit for the DOF will never be greater (further) than the hyperfocal distance as long as you are focused beyond it. If you focus short of the hyperfocal distance you will get a small increase in the DOF near the camera but loose a lot at the far end. Maximum DOF occurs when focused at the hyperfocal distance.
That said, if the stuff close to the camera is not important I would recommend focusing on the furthest object you want "sharp" because DOF does not mean "sharp," it means "acceptably sharp."

Nice image BTW.

 

[robbins.photo]

Am I the only one sorely disappointed? Not a one of them is tilted. They are all straight up and down.

You need to calibrate your monitor, they are all tilted :mrgreen:

Turns out my monitor was fine, i just needed a new office chair. Lol

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[hamlet]

Maybe a slower shutter speed would have been nice as to add motion to the windmills.

 

[KmH]

Yes. That could have been done, but was not the 'look' I wanted.

I am waiting for a full moon and wind in the right direction to make a long exposure at night.