Weep.
I do.
On another note, I confess I get a bit antsy when taking a "sweeping"- style landscape with a lens as wide as 21mm: any compositional lines and tones recede so much in the shot, that your foreground needs to be REALLY strong to pull it off.
What did I consider?
1. Here I am helped: the centre part of the "canvas" is a strong composition but far away: if I go to my 50mm or 70+mm tele equivalent I get the detail but of course then am composing a different shot: the light is FLOWING...and you can see it flow great in a wide angle: I need A SHOT NOW.
2. I really wanted the light that was falling on the top left on the beach, and knew I could use the foliage as a "frame" to strengthen the shot...BUT:
3. I now have a problem: HUGE dynamic range(many "stops" of light, if you like): if I want the foliage lit in the foreground I'd need at least some fill-flash(on camera with the XT-1: yay: covers 21mm too: this is significantly EXCELLENT a point, as good wide-angle flash coverage has been historically difficult to achieve with lenses wider than 35mm.
4. I do NOT want to overdo the forgeround: it would then distract: so I expose for the beach.
5. I then am VERY CAREFUL at pp to work with a LOW contrast file, dodging highlights and burning shadows(see, clues are here: alll you had to do was read this far!)This is a properly "destructive" process, so make a copy: sometimes you'll create a monster and not a masterpiece!
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