Actually, it was the rain showers that occluded the view rather the mist... but they had the same effect!
This is for my PLAY project - you can read more about it in my profile - where I'll be using a different prime lens for each month of the year: for March it's the Fujinon 60mm f/2.4 Macro on an APS-C sensor camera (today the Fuji XT2) - the equivalent of a 90mm lens on a full-frame camera.
@jasperc When you get it spot on, the images are razor-sharp... but it's rather unforgiving of even the slightest error so it's a challenge to use - so yes, I'm enjoying it!
After the foregroung trees, VML how the most transforms the trees to make them seem painterly...not unlike stage wings scenery. Most effective and mystical. Delighted to see the sheep. Fields without animals don't render the same charm for me.
Super shot Richard.. love all those layers. A fine afternoon for a photograph! BTW re. your response to Jasper, I am increasingly thinking that sharpness isn't everything. Front to back super sharpness would spoil the mood of this scene. Could be that my eyes are don't see sharpness anymore, of course!
@yrhenwr@jasperc Interesting point David. I think that in a subtle way, 'not sharp' and 'slightly blurred' are very different things. The 60mm (90mm F/F equivalent) is both unstabilised and very unforgiving of camera shake... the more so when it is used with a 24MP sensor rather than a 16MP one. It is also slow to focus and can hunt a lot in low-light. Under those conditions, I get the impression that sometimes when it indicates focus lock, it is in fact slightly off.
Can an image be too sharp? Absolutely yes! I often find myself going into PS and applying a slight gaussian blur to an image in order to take the edge off when I think that the image would benefit from being softer - I did precisely that here.
Can an image be too sharp? Absolutely yes! I often find myself going into PS and applying a slight gaussian blur to an image in order to take the edge off when I think that the image would benefit from being softer - I did precisely that here.