{"id":1800,"date":"2011-06-19T23:32:51","date_gmt":"2011-06-19T14:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2011-06-19\/1800"},"modified":"2011-06-19T23:32:51","modified_gmt":"2011-06-19T14:32:51","slug":"a-photographic-challenge-of-monumental-scale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2011-06-19\/1800","title":{"rendered":"A Photographic Challenge of Monumental Scale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
\nNOTE<\/b>: Images with an icon next to them have been artificially shrunk to better fit your screen; click the icon to restore them, in place, to their regular size.\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 cropped — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>250 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nTree in Section<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

In the mountains of Northern Kyoto, after the stop along the logging\nroad that produced last week's “Deep In The\nMountains Above Kyoto's Kumogahata Village<\/a>”, we moved deeper in\/up the\nmountains and eventually came upon our first “vista” with a distant<\/span> view.\nIt wasn't particularly magnificent by any stretch, but it was the first we'd seen so it was nice.<\/p>\n\n

I knew instinctively that I'd not be able to capture the sense of depth and elevation, and I was<\/span> correct...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>800 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 250 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nBlah<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

The “tree in section” in the center of the photo is way<\/i> below us down a steep<\/i> slope, but the photo really gives no sense of that. The next version<\/span>, with the focus much closer, hints more at the true scenario, but is still lacking...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>2000 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 250 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSomewhat Less Blah<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

While stopped at the “vista” point, I noticed<\/span> some semblance of a trail<\/span> leading up the mountain, and we took it for a distance.<\/span>..<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 5000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nTrailish<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

In the distance, top center of the photo above, you can see a moss<\/span>-covered rock. How big is<\/span> the rock? Here's a closer<\/span> look...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 1800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nLooks Sort Of Big<\/span>\nbut check out those form-fitting roots...\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 4500 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nFunky Form-Fitting Roots<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>320 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 6400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nBuilt to Spec<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

The form-fitting roots are interesting, but I find<\/span> the lack of scale irritating, and I have<\/span> to resort to\nan out-of-focus Paul for some scale...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 280 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nFinally Some Scale<\/span>\nit was a big rock\n<\/div>\n\n

I wish I knew how to capture the essence of scale (bigness, tallness, deepness, far-awayness, etc.) better. It's quite<\/span> a challenge.<\/span>\n(And hence we have the horrible pun of this post's title. :-))<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 2200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nTree (and Ferns) Growing On Bare Rock<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 1800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nTowering Boulders, Towering Trees<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 2200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nNot Everything Is Towering<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 1250 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nAnother View of the Funky Roots<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Continued here...<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the mountains of Northern Kyoto, after the stop along the logging road that produced last week's \"Deep In The Mountains Above Kyoto's Kumogahata Village\", we moved deeper in\/up the mountains and eventually came upon our first \"vista\" with a distant view. It wasn't particularly magnificent by any stretch, but it was the first we'd seen so it was nice.<\/p>

I knew instinctively that I'd not be able to capture the sense of depth and elevation, and I was correct...<\/p>

The \"tree in section\" in the center of the photo is way below us down a steep slope, but the [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1800"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1800\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}