that I had the right settings for these shots as there were
going to be a number of them included with the article.
Shortly after submitting these photos I received the e-mail
below from Charlie.
Tom,
That's a pretty decent job on the photos.
The only thing I'd do for the 'finished' bridge
photos would be to shoot a train on the bridge
for use as a lead photo for the article.
The construction photos look pretty decent. The white bal-
ance appears OK. On the shot with the X-Acto chisel blade
you might consider stopping down a bit further to increase
depth of field since the bridge is oriented running away
from the camera.
However, with the chisel in decent focus and it being the main
point of interest of the photo f/32 might not be required. In
fact, having all the bridge in focus (even f/32 probably wouldn't
do that) might detract from the point of interest. If you want
to give it a try (f/22 if you don't have f/32) you might go ahead
just to see the difference in depth of field between f/16 and
f/32 and how you react.
The existing bridge photos are pretty nice too. I'd suggest
maybe seeing how badly depth of field decreases if you shoot
at f/16 and f/11 – the camera may be far enough away from
the scene so depth of field would be maintained. One thing I
would suggest is the camera is a bit tipped side to side. This is
most evident in the vertical truss members of the bridge which
aren't perfectly vertical in the photo. This is NOT a big deal as
it is easily corrected in Photoshop, but with the composition,
exposure and white balance of these shots being pretty good,
