Further on the last photo, here is one of the photos I took during the day in bright sunlight.
Photographing in bright August sunlight isn’t what you normally do in landscape photography: the light is harsh, the tones flat, the whole scene is uninteresting.
But I wanted to do two things:
- Force myself to take photos in uncomfortable conditions.
- Try a panorama.
I had a discussion on Substack recently about the way taking photos in the middle of a sunlit day is challenging and not often done in landscape photography. And Indeed it’s rare. But I wanted to take on the challenge and find a way to take a photo that still worked under those conditions.
The reason I wanted to try a panorama is that I wanted to experiment with a medium format effect. So this image is a blend of 15 photos, all taken at f/16 (it’s gigantic with a 21MP sensor). Hence the square format. I think I should have increased the aperture to maybe f/4 to increase the effect, but I didn’t want to end up with huts not in focus, which was hard to check on the screen since I didn’t know how I’d stitch the panorama in the end.
That effect is also why I kept the grass out of focus instead of keeping everything properly focused as I normally do.
I still think the photo works. I put the main hut in the middle of the frame on purpose because I knew I wanted a square frame in the end. That’s also why the horizon is centered. I like the overall feel despite, and maybe because, of the harsh light.
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