In my photography club this week I just missed getting a point in competition. It was down to 10 photos, 9 were winners, 1 was dropped. Mine was that last one. Here is my “so close” photo:
ISO 100 50mm 0ev f/2.2 1/60
The theme of the competition was “nature”. The good news is that I got good feedback on the image. Winning would have been nice too…better luck next time I guess.
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This past week I was working on a color assignment for my digital photography class as well as a natural symmetry themed contest. This photo fits in both of those categories:
ISO 100 50mm f/2.2 1/160
I tried a bracketed exposure for this shot of -1,0,1 for editing in Photomatix. Once I had put the photos in Photomatix, I picked a version which I felt was pretty natural looking because part of what I was wanting viewers to see was the way the red was basically imitating the overall shape of the whole leaf. When I was composing and editing the shot I was trying to blur the background as much as possible. I liked the green color, but didn’t want any competing detail.
Any thoughts? feel free to leave them in the comment section.
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It is getting cooler and the leaves are turning. It was raining and I got this shot in front of my house:
ISO 320 70mm f/5 1/13
I love the color of fall!
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The usual photo challenge I participate in isn’t running this week, so I have tackled a travel themed challenge provided by Where’s my backpack? The theme this week is foliage, so here is my photo:
ISO 125 f/9 0.5s 56mm
Shot in color, then I edited it in Aperture.
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Well, in this hemisphere anyway. Here is the first leaf of the season:
ISO 125 f/9 0.5 shutter 56mm
This was taken with a tripod. I will try some shots with the 50mm lens also, when I borrow it from my friend again. Next time I will try for more depth of field. When this photo is magnified it is just a little bit fuzzier than what I was really going for. I cropped, boosted the saturation of the yellow, and sharpened the image in post processing. I am using Aperture now as my image software. Overall, I really like it, but I am still learning how to use it.
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I guess I was just thinking about fall, but I found these leaves in the park the other day.
ISO 125 50mm f/3.5 1/50
So, I brought them home and took some shots with a 50mm lens. Maybe I should have tried some individual pictures of just the green leaf as well. Of all the leaves, I think the color and texture turned out best on that one.
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