Hello! I have been trying to photography a lovely white church. It has a large tree with drooping branches to one side that provides a nice visual counter weight to the church.
I tried the photo with a 215mm lens. It was sharp, but I decided that I wanted a more dynamic scene, so I reshot it, placing people in front of the church. I used a 90mm Super Angulon so that I could get closer to the people. I had to angle the camera up some and and then tilt the back forward to vertical in order to bring the church lines parallel.
I focused about 1/3 into the scene and exposed with a red filter for 1 second at f32. The foreground is sharp on the negatives (TMax 100 developed in TMax RS). However, the overhanging branches that drooped towards me and that helped frame the upper part of the photo were not sharp.
I want to reshoot the scene. What is the best way to bring foreground elements into focus that are both at the top and bottom of the scene without changing the angle of the back so that the church sides are kept parallel?
Do I angle the lens up? (Would this cause the foreground elements on the bottom of the scene close to the camera to go out of focus?). Do I stop down more? (Does diffraction come into play at f64? I'll need some TMax 400 film to keep the exposure from getting too long with since there are people in the scene ).
Thank you and best regards.
Mike
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