back down t'pit

I've photographed Scott's Pit on numerous occasions.  It's such a wonderfully photogenic building meaning there's always a new angle to get, much like Mumbles Lighthouse then.

Anyway, when I went back to the Pit in the middle of September, I was greeted with a fabulous sunset bathing the stone walls in golden light, and a log on the ground that just begged to be included as a foreground and also a leading line into the image.

Trouble is that even at f16, my preferred aperture on my Fujifilm GFX wide-angle lens, I couldn't get the whole scene sharp from back to front.  So, I settled on shooting two images, the first focussed on the log and the second on the pit itself.

But my problems weren't over.

The glorious light meant the dynamic range in the image would stretch my camera to its limits.  So, to get around this I shot three images at the correct exposure and then at +1 and -1ev.

Getting all these images on the computer, I first created two exposure blended images - one focussed on the log and then one on the building - before then blending these in Photoshop to give a well-balanced, fully focussed from back to front image.

I hope you agree that all the hard work was worth it?

Fujifilm GFX50R, Fujinon GF 23mm f4
6 exposures at f16, ISO 100 blended in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop
tripod, self-timer release

Watch the video covering the making, processing and editing of this image by clicking below.