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03/22/2012 11:39:48 PM · #1 |
| Often when I try to capture the steepness in a mountain slope, I end up with pictures that do not come close to evoking the steepness one sees/feels when on the slope first hand. Any advice on how to (over)emphasize the steepness in a mountain slope? |
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03/22/2012 11:41:53 PM · #2 |
send a pm to  spiritualspatula, he's got some amazing mountain shots in his portfolio and he's one of the most knowledgeable and helpful guys i know |
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03/23/2012 12:11:20 AM · #3 |
| FourPointX is right spiritualspatula is very good. So is Hahn23, he has a shot on the front page. Both are willing to help and are awesome at shooting mountains. Must be a Colorado thing. ;) |
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03/23/2012 12:53:01 AM · #4 |
| PTLens is sometimes helpful. The other technique is to use some degree of telephoto lens length to compress distance. |
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03/23/2012 02:10:32 AM · #5 |
Seeing as capturing steepness seems to be your problem - don't point your camera upwards (if you are facing uphill) - keep it level. If you point it upwards it makes the top of the mountain seem smaller (just like when you point upwards towards the top of a tall building, it gets small and narrow and you lose the sense of scale.
You will have to use a wide angle lens like your Sigma 10-20 to capture everything and if the FG is not interesting enough then crop the bottom off. |
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03/23/2012 02:34:33 AM · #6 |
I think scale is the most important part - always include something we can relate to, like a person, and animal, a car, a house. We get a much better sense when we have something concrete to compare it to.
And yes.... sideways shows off the steep bits in profile, much easier to see, although not always possible to capture. |
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