You did a fine job taming all the bright light in this snowy landscape (also on the other two of your entries), Daniel. Thanks for sharing the details of the making-of. -Gerald
Thanks a lot, Bob, for your friendly words. I think you answered your question yourself: the brightness of this "snowful" scene plus the preoccupation with the maximum of available DOF may have made me choose the minimal available aperture. Nevertheless, you are absolutely right: stopping down at least to f18 or--as you suggest--even better f16 would have brought the lens closer to its "sweet spot" and given a crisper image; even the shutter-speed would, then, have been more adequate (I didn't use a tripod). No, I did not use a ND filter either (not because of its price, but trying to carry as little equipment as possible) but darkened the sky somewhat when post-processing. I do appreciate the opportunity your comments offer to think "after the fact" about what exactly I was doing when in the "heat" of taking images; it is a very welcome learning experience, indeed! -- db.
This is a beautiful capture Daniel. I particularly like detail in the foreground... 'freshly snow-ploughed' and those narrow tracks?... What sort of vehicle leaves narrow tracks like that?... 'A Pram?"... '"a Rickshaw" ??? Brrrrr, I feel cold thinking about it.
I noticed you also used f22, obviously one needs to stop down to avoid the snow blowing out but it would be interesting to try f16 with an ND filter to see if one can get enough DOF and contain the highlights but gain an extra crispness. But then one needs an ND filter of appropriate number and they do not come cheaply unfortunately.
