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September 2, 2005

Jaipur - View Downwards from Amber Fort

The view down from Amber fort was really breathtaking, and quite literally so: the air pollution makes just as well for dramatic landscapes as it does for burning lungs. Visible in this picture is the gate from which the elephants enter the fortress from below, the continuation of the battlements of Amber upwards along the hill, and a view of the city below.

I had some problems with this lens focusing at infinity. This picture is a good indicator of that. It seems the focus ring goes all soft and "wiggly" towards the end of the focus range and it's very easy for it to slip out of focus.

In post processing I applied the "Smart Sharpening..." filter as well as a levels adjustment. The funny thing is the "Smart Sharpening..." filter seems to have sharpened the building while leaving the foreground and the background relatively out of focus. To me this artificial and nonsensical depth of field makes things seem like miniatures of what they really are.

Posted by jordanh at September 2, 2005 9:17 AM

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