Buttercups and Trees

[AndyA]

Taken last week in the Yorkshire Dales.

A summer scene from near Malham in the Yorkshire Dales. Vibrant yellow Buttercups amongst lush green grass overlooked by a copse of trees.



Buttercups and Trees by Andy Aveyard, on Flickr

5D3
EF 16-35 f/4
ISO 100
f/11

[neilrich1966]

Re: Buttercups and Trees

So pleasing to the eye. Wonderful.

[chrisec]

Re: Buttercups and Trees

Very nice Andy its a nice around the Dales.

[AndyA]

Re: Buttercups and Trees

Cheers Neil and Chris, the day started of quite overcast, but picked up later on.

[Bill53]

Re: Buttercups and Trees

Nice shot Andy, good DoF.

Bill.

[Parsen66]

Re: Buttercups and Trees

Really good Andy, it has a very serene calm feel about it.

This might seem petty but my eye is drawn to the two dandelions. Being white they really stand out amongst the sheet of yellow

[Stan]

Re: Buttercups and Trees

Very nice Andy

Stan

[pelliott1954]

Re: Buttercups and Trees

Really nice shot.

Regards Paul

[jimsphotography]

Re: Buttercups and Trees

A very good example of masterful use of the 16-35 lens - love it
James

[Tigger]

Re: Buttercups and Trees

lovely work Andy ... the 16-36 offers great Dof and really makes a landscape shot

[AndyA]

Re: Buttercups and Trees

Thanks again guys.

I spotted the Dandelions and purposefully included them in the shot, in hindsight maybe not the best decision.

[tesarver]

Re: Buttercups and Trees

Very pleasing visually Andy.

Tom

[AndyA]

Re: Buttercups and Trees

Thank you Tom.

[paul linton]

Re: Buttercups and Trees

Lovely shot Andy
The more 16-35mm images i see the more i want that lens

Paul

[AndyA]

Re: Buttercups and Trees

Thanks Paul.

I found that there's a bit of a learning curve as far as focusing for landscapes goes, at least if you want relatively consistent sharpness from front to back. My usual method with the 24-105, was to focus 1/3 of the way into a scene and that tended to work quite well.

I actually returned my first copy of the 16-35 f/4, thinking that it was a bit soft, but this was most likely due to me sticking with my usual focus method and it not really suiting the ultra wide angle lens so well. The 2nd copy was pretty much the same, so I made contact with someone I know who has the same lens.

His method of focusing (at least at the 16mm end), is to not use any of the auto focus at all, instead just manually move the focus ring round to the red F16 mark on the barrel and then just about everything from a few feet away should be in focus. It seems to be working for me, unless I get sloppy and accidentally nudge the focus out.