Honestly, what did you think when you saw the theme?

Well, VP is not only the name of a very powerful filter in PS CS2/CS3, it's also a classic way to compose a picture (Renaissance painters were masters of that technique).

Wikipedia defines it like this:
"A vanishing point is a point in a perspective drawing to which parallel lines appear to converge. The number and placement of the vanishing points determines which perspective technique is being used.".

This week task is to shoot a picture with a clearly defined Vanishing Point(no more than 3 VPs, please).

If unsure - google for it, you'll find plenty of examples.

As usual: fresh pictures, moderate post-processing.
For the rest of the basic rules and index please check out this sticky.

Let's get some VPs! :-)

my image hosting site (divshare) is down =c( which is very disconcerting. I guess I gotta use photobucket.

Nice 1-VP entries, thanks!

Originally Posted by pyroPrints.com my image hosting site (divshare) is down =c( which is very disconcerting. I guess I gotta use photobucket.

Get Smugmug, man! Then you can use S*E

Originally Posted by Nikolai Nice 1-VP entries, thanks! Get Smugmug, man! Then you can use S*E

I've been meaning too. "S*E"?

Originally Posted by pyroPrints.com "S*E"?

Come on... Star*Explorer... Like you never heard...
BTW, it also comes with the $5 coupon for SM

Thanks!

#2 and #3 - definitely , #1 - no so much

Originally Posted by Nikolai Come on... Star*Explorer... Like you never heard... BTW, it also comes with the $5 coupon for SM

I have not... I know the quality of my images makes me look like a pro , but I'm a relative noob. I know a lot, but I also don't a lot as well.

Anyhow, here is another VP, it's a bit blurry since I decided to use a long exposure, plus my windshield is dirty =c)

Originally Posted by pyroPrints.com I have not... I know the quality of my images makes me look like a pro , but I'm a relative noob. I know a lot, but I also don't a lot as well. Anyhow, here is another VP, it's a bit blurry since I decided to use a long exposure, plus my windshield is dirty =c)

Another good one:-)

Is this any good ?

Ohh! I wanna play!

I just took these two. It was difficult to control the narrow DOF. It was even more pronounced as I brought the camera closer to the wall.

My first one was off, so I reshot it. I'm going out side to try a couple more..

First attempt..


Re shoots.

Originally Posted by Antonio Correia Is this any good ?

#2 is acceptable.
#1 - sorry, you gotta have more perspective convergence ...
Shallow DOF is not what we're shooting for this time.

Originally Posted by Bayer-Z28 Ohh! I wanna play! I just took these two. It was difficult to control the narrow DOF. It was even more pronounced as I brought the camera closer to the wall. My first one was off, so I reshot it. I'm going out side to try a couple more.. First attempt.. Re shoots.

#1 is nice. Good use of WA

As I have already mentioned to Antonio, the VP shots usually benefit from deep DOF, not the shallow one. You need to be able to see the convergence going on and away...

Do any of these qualify?

Originally Posted by Nikolai #1 is nice. Good use of WA As I have already mentioned to Antonio, the VP shots usually benefit from deep DOF, not the shallow one. You need to be able to see the convergence going on and away...

How's this for a reshoot?

Originally Posted by dlscott56 Do any of these qualify?

Thanks, Dave!
#1 - nah, don't think so. The curvature of the bridge kills it for me.
#2 - better, but something else is bothering me, I cannot figure out what. Maybe the curve again..
#3 - this one does it:-)

Originally Posted by Bayer-Z28 How's this for a reshoot?

You know, frankly - I like the "original" better.
I'd suggest to go wider and have only the wall in the frame. You may need to really close the aperture down, like f/20, so tripod may come handy. You really need to catch the convergence, so your nearest bricks should be huge and your furtherst bricks should diminish..

HTH

^ I need a better camera... My f stops only go to 8.0 ... =\

I've made the best out of what I have, although I am still learning techinque w/ some help from the assignments and reading threads.

Originally Posted by Bayer-Z28 ^ I need a better camera... My f stops only go to 8.0 ... =\ I've made the best out of what I have, although I am still learning techinque w/ some help from the assignments and reading threads.

P&S? I see.. For some reason I have only noticed Rebel XTi in your sig and thought you're using DSLR. Yeah, I know... had the same problem myself when I was shooting Sony...
Oh well, bigger buildings, brighter sun and lower angle will still help you to get a good VP entry...
Good luck on that! And get that dSLR!

My first time turning in my homework and I'm already trying to break the rules. This first one was actually taken Thursday evening. Does that count as "fresh", or does it not count since it was just a lucky shot?



This one, well, I meant to do that, mostly. I liked the texture, but it's got some VP action too...