‘How It Was Shot’ - New Article in ELEMENTS Magazine
I was recently invited to submit a ‘How It Was Shot’ article to the excellent ELEMENTS Magazine.
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In the article I talk about my photograph of the two iconic Caledonian Pines, by Loch Tulla, in the Central Highlands of Scotland.
It was made in December 2012 while on a last minute trip to the Highlands when snow was forecast, and features in my book North Northwest.
‘Caledonian pines by Loch Tulla, Central Highlands, Scotland - December 2012
““The image is not a crop, but is comprised of three stitched frames created with horizontal shift on my ALPA 12 STC camera...””
Detail from the original photograph.
Above you can see the simple yet precise shifting mechanism of the ALPA 12 STC camera body. By using the custom indent option that ALPA offer you can very quickly repeat ‘Left / Centre / Right’ shifts of varying degrees without having to use the shift wheel.
My most commonly used shift distance settings are 10 | 0 | 10. I also have 15 | 0 | 15 indents as an option but use this less, as it can sometimes result in a slight vignette that the LCC struggles with.
Technical Information :
Camera / Lens - ALPA 12 STC & ALPA HR Alpagon 4.0/40mm SB17 with ALPA tilt/swing adapter 0° - 5°, 17 mm.
Filtration - 0.3 Soft edge ND Grad.
MFDB - PhaseOne IQ180. ISO 35.
