Lines, Composition & Sharpness
Lines of composition at White Pocket This will be a more technical entry featuring the sandstone wonderland of White Pocket. I'm still sorting through and picking out the "keepers" from my photo trip there last month. Sharpness and vignetting are two key photographic characteristic related to aperture. When setting an aperture, a very small opening such as f/16 tends to reduce vignetting and enhance the depth of field (how much will be sharp and "in focus" whether near or far from the camera). This attitude of "I'm going to get the maximum depth of field" attitude works well for some and I've used it for years. This is especially helpful in the corners of a photograph (where sharpness tends to deteriorate). This problem is pretty exclusive to wide angle lenses. I changed wide angle lens from Canon's 17-40 f/4 L to the more pricey 16-35 f/2.8 L specifically to get more corner sharpness. The 16-35 is sharper and I've not re...