This image was made after sunset at McGulpin Point, on the tip of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, where Lake Michigan has finished narrowing into the Straits of Mackinaw (mariners may define that location somewhere west of this area, but let's not be picky).
Nikon D80, Tokina 17-50 f/2.8 @ 42mm, ISO 250, 30 sec @ f/22
Converted to BW in LR2, with extra High Pass Sharpening in PS.
It's gorgeous. The DOF is perfection. Can I ask you where you set the focal point at? Was it up front in the rocks or does it just appear that way? I'm new to the far end of the aperture ring so enlighten me...:D
Ideally, I'd say, "Set it at the hyperfocal point", which is the spot where everything is in focus from the FG to infinity. However, new lenses don't have the hyperfocal point lines on them. Next try would be to set the focal point a little bit into the image and press DOF preview, but unless it's very bright, you can't see what's in focus. f/22 at dusk is WAY beyond my beady little eyes' capability.
So, the quick hyperfocal point approximation is to focus about 1/3 into the frame, and tighten down on the aperture like I did. Works pretty well. In this image, I'm pointing downward and focusing at the edge of the dry rocks in the FG where the water is encroaching.
McGulpin Rock Garden
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