| I go through phases of feeling like I've mastered photography and other phases where I have a lot to learn. Last summer I took a lot of flower pictures and posted them to Mastodon because people liked them. I thought it was easy to do but a little boring. I found though that other people were making photos where all the parts of the flower were "tack sharp" but even when I was around f/7.0 or so I found the depth of field was small enough that the disc and ray flowers of a composite usually weren't both as sharp as the CCD could show. I found other the other guys were using this technique https://digital-photography-school.com/a-beginners-guide-to-... I got the equipment to do it but never really got started because the project that took over for me was this: I made a picture of a field of flowers that a friend wanted to print on fabric and make a dress out of, that got me thinking "gee, what if I never had any problems with repeats and seams?" and figured it would be possible to photograph 50 or so flowers, cut them out, and then have the computer put them together to fill whatever space I want. So now I am setting up a studio to do this and will be improving my software that emulates Disney's multiplane camera for this project. I got into sports photography last year and also had times when I came back from a game defeated, particularly when it was volleyball or basketball or something played in doors. In those cases I would go to dpreview and ask my photog friends for help and usually get good advice. One area where I feel like I'm on my own is in mastering stereo photography which I do with this little guy https://us.kandaovr.com/products/qoocam-ego and the problem has so many dimensions from "how do I undo the pincushion distortion?" to "what kind of scene has colors that will do well with a red-cyan anaglyph on paper?", "what makes a good stereo composition?", "how could I sell group stereograms taken against a striking backdrop?" etc.
When the going gets tough the tough get going. |