Chip Trail


This is a chip trail along the eastern boundary of Beacon Hill Park, lined with Garry Oak and all kinds of other cultivated species of trees, wild flowers and blue bells right now.  I liked the spread of this oak tree and the contrast of the chipped surface with the darker grass as it disappeared into the distance.

Too much of the foreground was out of focus, hence this crop. That will teach me to not pay attention to my depth of field settings.

Canon 5Dmkii, Canon 50 mm/1.4 lens, ISO 640, f1.4, 1/1,250th second.

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6 thoughts on “Chip Trail”

    • Hi Jocelyne, thank you so much, that is a great comment! It would, of course, need a custom made mat as it is an irregular dimension. I am glad you like it.

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  2. Hey there, I actually like the shallow DoF in this image, as Ken mentioned, it draws my attention to the folks walking along instead of being distracted by the foreground! I also like the decision to convert to B&W, nicely captured.

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    • Hi David – thanks a lot.
      I think if I had not cropped it the surplus out of focus foreground would have been distracting. The chips are very fresh and orangey yellow which I found distracting in colour, hence the conversion.

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  3. I like this shot a lot. f1.4 will give you shallow DOF, but that can be a good thing to bring attention to the subject. And I’m a big fan of cropping. I thing many photos can be improved with the right crop. Cropping in camera is probably the best thing but it just doesn’t always work to provide the best composition.

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    • Hi Ken. I had been using f1.4 on purpose for some closer shots of oak flowers, trying to isolate them against a too noisy background – I just should have adjusted the aperture for this shot and forgot. I agree about cropping, and it’s a time honored tradition in the darkroom too so I never feel badly about it. Besides, there are times you just can’t crop in camera enough – can’t get to the right place, don’t have the right lens, etc. Or, less time honored I suspect, you discover that a small part of an image is what is really worth concentrating on, some part perhaps not even seen when framing the shot. I quite like those discoveries.
      This shot benefited, I think, from being turned into a longer image that helps emphasize the sweep of the branches.

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