If you mouse over the shot above you’ll see a nice sunset shot of this building that was taken with a Canon 1D-Mark III using a EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM lens zoomed out to 18mm (23.4mm effective) at f/13 and 1/25 sec using ISO 100 at the beautiful Suncadia Lodge in Washington state. It’s a technical strong shot and the sunset is great, but the shot felt a bit dull and uninteresting.
The shot you see when you mouse out was taken with a Canon 1D-Mark III using a EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM lens zoomed to 32mm (41.6mm effective) at f/6.3 and 1/125 sec using ISO 400. Because it was taken later it doesn’t have the good fortune of having the beautiful yellow sunset, but I feel like the second shot with my son is much more interesting. I feel this way because the first shot, while successfully executed during the peak of the golden hour, is a snapshot that pretty much anyone would think to take. It’s pretty, but it is easily forgettable. The second show however has my son piercing into the viewers eyes with an expression that makes you wonder what he’s thinking. You also see the nice bokeh in the background that veils a huge building. When people see the shot with my son they frequently tell me that it appears to be some sort of castle, but when they see the first one they say “oh, it’s a lodge”.
Putting aside the fact that the first lodge shot (mouse over above) has the advantage of the killer sunset, which do you think is the stronger photo?
1 comments:
The boy is a stronger photo... except the sunset photo I think has my toes in it in the next room.
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