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June 18, 2009 Posted by Mitchster in Daily Photography

Minneapolis from Across Calhoun

I love the odd effects of telephoto compression, the opposite of the shallow DOF of a wide-open aperture, a telephoto at this range (600mm & several miles) compresses everything into a nice flat surface. The Calhoun Lake Beach house is three miles from downtown, but the telephoto pushes it all together. One issue that is hard to deal with is what is known as the 'prismatic effect', which is the loss of yellow and the shift toward blue of the light, specifically shadows (it's caused by the humidity in the air, the further away an object is, the more water is between the two of you). This eats away at the image's contrast. It's a nice effect to show distance if you have foreground objects, but in this case, it's just a nuisance, so I increased the contrast in post.
The Demise of the Doomed TreeSailboat on Lake Calhoun
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Tags: downtown, lakes, skyline, urban
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