Iso/shutter/aperture

This night it was around seven to seven thirty, and i decided to try and get some shots of the sunset at Zimmerman Park.  Unfortunately, I left a little too late to get the sunset itself and instead took shots of the sun almost down.  My gaol now was to get the color of the background with the sillouettes of the trees because i felt like that would be a neat idea.  Since it was pretty much dark now, I had to mess with some of the settings on my camera.  I set the ISO to about 400 I believe, which was giving me the best quality shots as far as seeing the whole background color with the sillouettes.  I got a few decent shots with it, but then they were coming out too dark.  In combination with my aperture/exposure going up, my shutter speed would go down.  This gave me a much brighter picture, but then I had a blurred effect because i was not able to hold the camera still without a tripod.  Then i figured out how to speed up my shutter speed and leave the exposure and aperture close to the same.  The result was my second picture down, which came out fairly decently.  My favorite shot of these, however, is the very top one.

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09/30/2010 blog

This weeks post i decided to try a litle bit on the area of depth of field and layers with my shots.  I was just out shooting different scenes out with my camera while I was at work delivering pizzas.  I know that these are not purely nature shots by any means, but still turned out fairly interestingly.  The first shot that I took happened to be during sundown sometime where the sky was giving off a beautiful orange, pink, red and blue color in which I thought gave the shot its uniqueness along with the fact that the trees added to the shot.  Since it was so bright my camera made the surroundings darker to try and adjust for the light differences. 

The second photo was my favorite of the two because it gives a really nice sense of depth along with illustrating all of the background to come.  Also, the road give you that sense of distance in the shot as well.  I like that this shot shows the fields, distant hills, sky, clouds, and even some other featuressuch as the signs.  The one thing that i wish wasn't there, however, is the car, but it was the best quality shot I had out of all of them.

9/23 blog

            
This last weekend I took out the camera and decided to play around a little bit more with it to try and figure more things on it.  I took an abundance of close up pictures since I was nowhere near any places with landscapes that weren’t obscured by any buildings.  The three pictures that I have posted in this blog were chosen for a reason.  The detail of my central focus points came out very well and clear, but even more important than that is that the detail is even better.  When I was scoping of what to take pictures of, I was actually just taking these shots as practice for focusing the camera lens and zoom. 

             
After loading all of my shots onto the computer, however, I noticed some really neat things on some of them especially the nub of the tree and little pine branch.  There were all sorts of webbings and things on there that I did not notice by just standing there looking at them.  I came to the realization that some shots can come out even better than you expect just by messing with the settings on the camera and angles.  I took many different angled shots on these because the lighting outside was so bright and yet shaded from the trees.  After moving to the side I was able to use the side light from the sun and get clearer shots of the pine branch and nub. 

           
  Also, layering played an effect that made the shots come out even better as well.  Not only did I get the main object focused on, but I also had a few other elements in the background such as the blurred fence, trees, little bits of lighting and such.  Overall it turned out to be a neat little photo shoot. 

The sky

Light is more attractive than dark

Difference draws more attention than conformity

Large draws more attention than small

 Just because I found it to be a lucky shot!

Dominance

 

http://www.ephotozine.com/article/All-in-bloom--a-field-guide-to-flower-photography-4673

 This is a good example of red is more attractive than yellow dominance, because in my eyes, I focus more on the red color more than the yellow dull.

                              

 

http://www.tracyleerose.com/Txt/Tutorials/Tutorial_Photography/Tutorial_Photography9.html

This picture represents that diagonal lines are more attractive than vertical, because the mountains are much more noticeable from the hill sides uneven surface than if there was just the mountain itself.

http://www.mendosa.com/fitnessblog/?paged=3

This illustrates sharpness is more attractive than blur, being that you are most attracted to the turtles face rather than the background because it's much clearer being the center of interest. 

http://www.designerprint.co.uk/services/digital-editing/black-and-white.htm

 This represents that light is more attractive than dark in that when you see it, it's a unique picture, but the rainbow in it still attracts more attention.

http://www.oregonlive.com/living/index.ssf/2009/02/08-week/

This picture shows that large draws more attention than small because it is obvious that someone would single out the big rock versus the small one to the bottom left.

http://www.travelswithsheila.com/into-the-simien-mountains-nort.html

Of course this is going to grab your attention, it's different.  It represents that different is more attractive than conformity.

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Xqmzj9p1Fog58nVuaQCGxA

This represents that jagged lines are more striking than curved ones because when you see the curved lines in the snow, it just seems like snow.  But as you look closer to the peak of the mountains or at the base, you see those interesting jagged points!