City-Growth

Seems I rarely venture out to image my hometown of Nashville, TN. I

guess I have not appropriately appreciated its architecture after

seeing places like New York City or Venice, Italy. Kind of a

snobbish attitude and a stupid one for a photographer who should

know that a major virtue of a place is in how we “see” it. Comments

and critique appreciated.

Hi Wayne,

A nice looking composition. A fresh, cleanliness look to this presentation.

I am not excited by the use of F/11 with any lens, especially a short focal length one that already has plenty of inherent DOF. The Nikon D7100 sensor package deserves a much high definition image to start with.

I would have shot this using the 26 mm focal length set to F/4 for improved image characteristics from your lens.

Best Regards my friend, Mike

Thanks, Mike.  I meant to experiment with the f/11 and as wide open as I could get.  But when I saw the depth of field at f/11 I forgot all about experimenting. But I am really appreciating this camera now that it is back from the repair shop.

Mike, I found my f/stop experiments for this photo session.   I estimate I was 25 ft. from the birch tree(s) which I attempted to make my focal point – both images were taken at a focal length of 26mm.  Is there a distance I could have been from the birch trees to get the depth of field or rather this degree of resolution of both the birch trees and the background buildings at f/4 that I obtained at f/11?

Well done photo. As far as I'm concerned shallow DOF will not fit to this scene. Just my personal preferences... :-)

Regards.

Great colors and interesting composition, very impressive!

Best regards, Wayne!

PDE

Thanks, Jack, for visiting and commenting.  I am working to better understand  the nuances of depth of field - where the areas of sharpest focus are within a dof range and ideal distance from foreground subjects.   

Thanks, Pierre.  "Interesting" is probably an appropriate description.  The scene struck me as being both busy and having harmonious elements.  I think I struggled a little in trying to arrive at a tolerable composition.

Hi Wayne,

  Wonderful image with great composition, colors & details.  Take care, Patsy

Thanks, Patsy.  It is really helpful to have the eyes of an artist critique your work.

Hi Wayne,

If I assume that you are correct with your 25 foot estimate, then I would have focused just beyond that point (hyper focal distance) and the trees and the background would be improved from the image that you obtained at F/11. The F/11 image is NOT that sharp. It appears to be sharp, but perception is NOT the same as the actual image characteristics that I observe.

Unless you bring a range finder with you to measure the actual working distance, like I do often, I suggest trying various points of focus beyond what is closest to you. If possible, I suggest that you use the "Live View" mode since using the viewfinder of the camera is NOT adequate to make such a judgment visually.

Otherwise, the typical trade off will be : larger f-stops compromise the image clarity level every time , unless the lens is mediocre in quality.

Best Regards my friend, Mike

Thanks, Mike.  Good info. 

Wayne,what you want to say with this picture you succeeded,nature must give way to the expanding appetite of planne makers.Technich it is difficult to get the correct exposure and depth you had to do with thee lights" and well! front-trees under the bridge (dark) and buidings in the back ground.Sometimes you need some more game and try to lightng and iso to get the correct exposure and depth. very nice shot best regards janegbert

Thanks, Janegbert, for appreciating the effort of this image.

It's a great perspective, so much to see and in a direct line of sight. The colors are outstanding as well. Great shot Wayne.

BR,

Holger

Thanks, Holger.  Your stopping by and commenting is really appreciated.

Wonderful shot. Would you want to lighten the leaves in the tree? Just a question!

What do you think?

Tony,

Humm.  Didn't think of that.  That would make this pop more.  Not sure I know how without brightening everything else.

Full confession... I haven't read all of the above comments... 
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I really like the way you've photographed this I do, which makes the subject the trees rather than the bridge and buildings in the rear. Unusual and Wonderful to give a us a different composition than most would make of this scene. I like that very much. It is difficult to create a new view of a scene seen by many and you have really succeeded!

-r-

Raymond,

Many thanks. This image triggered a debate about the efficacy of f/stop settings.  I think the debate continues.

Excellent light, scene and backdrop.

Chris,

Many thanks.  As you can see this was a learning experience.