Dan Perovich's Cyberfront Property

13.0 sec @ f/16, ISO 800, 50 mm (EF50mm f/1.8 II)

Yup, you betcha’.  Here is another Christmas tree photograph.  ‘Tis the season, right?  This time, I set up the camera on a tripod as close to the floor as I could get it while still mounted on my tripod.  I used my “fast” 50mm lens in attempt to get the picture as sharp as possible at f/16.  I have not actually confirmed my hypothesis, but I think the 50mm f/1.8 should be sharper at f/16 than the EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS is at f/16.

Using the 50mm lens had its draw backs though.  From the perspective that I was going after, looking up at the tree from a young child’s point of view, the 50mm lens was not able to get the entire base of the tree.  When I moved the camera and tripod back further from the subject, I lost the tall tree effect that I wanted to capture.

Just like a few days ago, I used a wide aperture to make the lights on the tree burst with the star shaped flares.  In post-processing, I lightening up the tree topper a bit and brought the green back into the tree by decreasing the saturation and luminance of the yellow colors.