From the course: Travel Photography: Fjords of New Zealand

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Wrapping up the boat shoot with a wide angle of Mitre Peak

Wrapping up the boat shoot with a wide angle of Mitre Peak

From the course: Travel Photography: Fjords of New Zealand

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Wrapping up the boat shoot with a wide angle of Mitre Peak

- Our journey through Milford Sound is about to come to an end by boat. Before we finish, I want to take a shot of Mitre Peak. Again, over 1600 meters tall. That's over 5500 feet. And, as the cruise started, it was under clouds. But now, those clouds have lifted enough to see the top. So, we're gonna use a wide-angle lens. We're gonna be about F 5.6. I'm gonna start at ISO 200 to see if I can get a faster enough shutter speed. At one one-sixtieth of a second, plenty fast enough. So my settings are perfect I'm gonna keep shooting. I'm varying my zoom range. I'm going all the way from 10 to 24, getting Mitre Peak nice and big, and then also going wide. This cloud coming down this valley is amazing. So I want that in my shot as well. I was on continuous low and I actually did a pano just by rotating. So, I'll be interested to see if that turns out. Because my shutter speeds so fast, I can actually do that while moving. We can also use the wake of the boat as a leading line up into the…

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