Matt Blaze

Pescadero, CA, 2014.

All the pixels, but none of the sand in your shoes, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/14832380095

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Mar 11 at 5:06pmWeb
Show threadMatt BlazeMar 11

Captured with a small full-frame camera and 21mm lens. A three second exposure smoothed waves and surf.

This was an exercise in tone, perspective, and convergence. The four major boundaries of the scene converge (approximately) near the center of the frame, forming a flattened X.

I moved around and composed this both with and without the driftwood in foreground, which interrupts the composition but, I decided, is helpful to anchor the frame.

Show threadMatt BlazeMar 11
The metadata for this image claims it was shot at f/16. That's wrong; it was more like f/2.5 or so. This was an artifact of the too-clever-by-half way Leica M cameras estimate the f stop. There's no mechanical link between the aperture ring and the camera body, so instead they estimate the f-stop with a separate light sensor that's compared with the brightness of the recorded image. This works reasonably well, except when you use an ND filter (as here), which confuses it to no end.
Show threadAristotelis TzafaliasMar 11
@mattblaze I enjoy how in the sequential timeline the technical details and description, context of your photos precede the actual image. it builds anticipation :)
Show threadDave C.Mar 12
@mattblaze love it! where is this beach? I could not find that detail in your description this time.
Show threadMatt BlazeMar 12
@davesomebody Pescadero, CA.
Show threadDave C.Mar 12
@mattblaze every so often you take a picture from a vantage point I could be at in under 20 minutes. I could never get the picture you got. But they make me think I should go there. This one is not under 20 minutes away.
Show threadanyMouseMar 14

@mattblaze I assume that it's probably already a thing that exists to have a little adjustable ND filter to go on top of the ambient sensor, which you can dial until the reported value matches the set aperture?

Also, technically, shouldn't it report t-stop rather than f-stop value?

Show thread@[email protected]Mar 11
@mattblaze Lovely composition. I like the white softness of the waves, the driftwood in the front and overall aesthetic. Thanks for sharing!