A Garden Path

[AlanLichty]

Not exactly a path lined with flowers since this is the Queens Garden trail in Bryce Canyon. I was trying out DxO's PhotoLab 9 to see if the new version had anything new compared to PhotoLab 8 which I already have. Nothing really jumped out at me for major changes at least at first glance processing the image shown here but I will play around some more with the trial version to see what else is under the hood.

The image here is from a trip in 2015 where I decided to shoot from the trails mostly using a Canon EF 24mm TS-E lens that would allow me to get some serious use out of the shift function of the lens to correct for always shooting looking up at the hoodoo spires instead of putting up with the endless distortion of a normal wide angle lens. The lens did a pretty good job of eliminating vertical distortion that day.

C&C always welcome.

 

[JimFox]

Very nice use of the TSE. Your title got me as I immediately pictured an English garden with a pathway, but as I clicked on the thread I said to myself, wait.... that doesn't sound like would be what Alan had captured. And yep, this fits better!

My 24mm TSE is sitting gathering dust, I only used it a few times. Back when I got it I really preferred shooting wider and wished that Nikon had a wider TSE. So I just didn't use it much. But thinking about it, now I am shooting less wide, and more 24mm, so maybe I need to dust off that TSE and try again.

 

[AlanLichty]

Very nice use of the TSE. Your title got me as I immediately pictured an English garden with a pathway, but as I clicked on the thread I said to myself, wait.... that doesn't sound like would be what Alan had captured. And yep, this fits better!

My 24mm TSE is sitting gathering dust, I only used it a few times. Back when I got it I really preferred shooting wider and wished that Nikon had a wider TSE. So I just didn't use it much. But thinking about it, now I am shooting less wide, and more 24mm, so maybe I need to dust off that TSE and try again.

Thanks Jim - Canon does also make a 17mm version which would have worked better for places like Bryce but these are pretty pricey lenses to be able to afford having a collection of them as a non-professional photographer. I haven't seen a TS-E lens for Canon's RF mounts but I do still have mine with an adapter just in case the need should arise.

My original use for this lens was in the Portland Japanese Garden so shooting from a real garden path wasn't that far from reality

 

[Jameel Hyder]

There may not be flowers in this 'garden' but the trees sure do contribute to the view.

 

[AlanLichty]

There may not be flowers in this 'garden' but the trees sure do contribute to the view.

Thanks - Bryce would be a much less interesting place to visit without the trees. Its amazing how many of them manage to get big given how rapid the erosion is amongst the hoodoos.

 

[JimFox]

Thanks Jim - Canon does also make a 17mm version which would have worked better for places like Bryce but these are pretty pricey lenses to be able to afford having a collection of them as a non-professional photographer. I haven't seen a TS-E lens for Canon's RF mounts but I do still have mine with an adapter just in case the need should arise.

My original use for this lens was in the Portland Japanese Garden so shooting from a real garden path wasn't that far from reality

Yep, I recall being very jealous that Canon had that 17mm TSE, which I thought would have been perfect. Years later, I think Samyang made a wider TSE for Nikon, but by then I just was too busy with too many other projects to try and start shooting with a TSE.

 

[AlanLichty]

Yep, I recall being very jealous that Canon had that 17mm TSE, which I thought would have been perfect. Years later, I think Samyang made a wider TSE for Nikon, but by then I just was too busy with too many other projects to try and start shooting with a TSE.

@Jeffrey had the 17mm TS-E and put it to good use on one of his shots at the House on Fire site. I still find myself wishing I had purchased that one instead of my 24mm.