I found this dead sunburnt gnarly ground tree overlooking the Helderberg escarpment valley and figured this was the Northeast antiphon of the Sierra Nevada bristlecone pines that we often see. Inyo-overlook. The sun was just setting so the last rays of the day were hitting the valley below, yet the top of the escarpment were still sunlight with the long soft rays before the pending evening.
My plan here was to take several images a technique know as image harvesting, The focus point for the foreground was the muted gnarly white shrubbery which was pointed off towards the vibrant spring green of the valley below. The mid/background focus point was just past the white shrub by a few inches.
So at point of capture, I had planned my decision already for the final Image. I could have taken the shot of F/16 to get everything in with a fairly consistent sharpness. However, there is still a good deal more going on in my Image harvesting. I’ve also adjusted in camera setting to Neutral and cloudy for the foreground, and the background was shoot at Vivid and Normal, B5. I’m really thinking again creatively at point of capture about how my colors of light will be set for the digital darkroom.
A lot went on in the digital darkroom room before sharing this Image. Another tip thought, is that the crisp tack sharp background images was not fully taken advantage of. If you notice the rear of the Image, does not have the same type of sharpness detail as the mid section. The detail is in the original image, but your eye doesn’t see tack sharp at infinity, so a more realistic reality is a slight dulling of the sharpness in Post production.
