Photo Trekking

[jim_j]

Just reading this book by Nick Onken, almost all the photos are shot between 1.4 & 2.8. I can see why for a lot of shot he wants to make the subject stand out, but he also has a lot of landscapes shot with same aperture. (eg Mongolia landscape 200mm f2.8 lens, iso 200, 1/4000 sec, f2.8 or a Dominican Republic beach 20mm f2.8 lens, iso 400, 1/6400 sec at f2.8)

I'd just like to know the artistic reasoning behind the parameters.

 

[Amp34]

No idea, however I could see it not being much of a problem for a lot of landscape shots. Contrary to poplar belief you don't need to shoot at f/11-16 all the time.

 

[Kerioak]

No idea - maybe his lens was broken and he could not turn it any further or he had injured his hand and could only use one. Maybe he likes the pictures it produces.

Is there an email address in the book - there often is in more recent books so you could contact him and ask ?

 

[jim_j]

I just thought for those shots you would want to shoot in the lens's sweet spot, rather than wide open or as I say is there some artistic reason.

 

[Wookie]

does it say which camera - is it a small sensor camera?

 

[jim_j]

EOS 1Ds II

 

[Amp34]

I just thought for those shots you would want to shoot in the lens's sweet spot, rather than wide open or as I say is there some artistic reason.

Yeah that is what confuses me too, even though there is no need to shoot f/11 or f/16 you may as well go for the sweet spot of f/5.6 or f/8... It's not like the extra couple of stops is going to cause much of an issue lens shake wise...