For the time being I'm taking people out of my sun flare pictures. I've come close a couple of times but never nailed it. I closed my ap way down for this one making the streams of light sharp instead of blurs of light.
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day!
I'm amazed at how fast the sunflowers are changing, it was worth the wait of them not doing anything other than growing up, and then having buds for what seemed like forever.
f/8.0, SS 1/500, ISO 200, 95 mm (55-200 mm lens), fill flashed used at 1/16th power
f/8.0, SS 1/500, ISO 200, 95 mm (55-200 mm lens), fill flashed used at 1/16th power
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Woot!
I tried to use fill flash to not blow out the sky. I only have a pop up flash (yes, an SB is on the short list) for shooting outside. I turned it down to 1/8th power and got this.
f/7.1, SS 1/500, ISO 200, 55-200 mm lens (yes, my baby got sent back)
f/7.1, SS 1/500, ISO 200, 55-200 mm lens (yes, my baby got sent back)
Friday, August 10, 2007
"Learning To See Creatively" exercise
I picked up a couple of Bryan Peterson's books from Amazon and honestly, I wish I would have done it earlier in the summer so I could have been setting the information in my mind by using it.
Here are my results from the first exercise (around page 16) I'm wishing I would have used my graycard to set my exposure, I was aperture priority from shooting in different light from earlier and just didn't think (never a good thing) I was just trying to get this finished before the shadows that were continuing to grow reached the trike. I also wish I would marked off my shooting points with chalk and measured them (yeah, I'm geeky that way)
Technical stuff. 105 mm lens (it goes home soon :( ) f/7.1, ISO 200, SS varied.
I didn't PP these at all. No RAW adjustments and I resized as a batch to be able to post. No USM, no watermark (yes, they are still mine) no anything other than the batch resize.
These were taken standing and getting progressively closer.
Kneeling (my poor knees, I should have gardening knees on)
On my belly, neighbors were watching me army crawl. I'd think they'd be use to this by now.
Standing on a step ladder (yes, I went above and beyond)
Observations
#1- A little change in perspective really changes the entire feel of the images.
#2- I debating about actually 'doing' the exercises or not. Do I really need to, the wonderful photographer that I am?
Well, I decided that as long as learning was my goal yes I did need to do them even if I did similar ones in classes before. I've got new equipment since then and the principles all still apply but if I feel my composition needs enough help that I'm buying a book (albeit one I've wanted for a long time) to help me with composition I better do what the book asks.
Which observation do I think is most important? Probably the second. For anyone who's read the book and not done the exercises they are quick and don't take as much time as I originally thought.
Here are my results from the first exercise (around page 16) I'm wishing I would have used my graycard to set my exposure, I was aperture priority from shooting in different light from earlier and just didn't think (never a good thing) I was just trying to get this finished before the shadows that were continuing to grow reached the trike. I also wish I would marked off my shooting points with chalk and measured them (yeah, I'm geeky that way)
Technical stuff. 105 mm lens (it goes home soon :( ) f/7.1, ISO 200, SS varied.
I didn't PP these at all. No RAW adjustments and I resized as a batch to be able to post. No USM, no watermark (yes, they are still mine) no anything other than the batch resize.
These were taken standing and getting progressively closer.
Kneeling (my poor knees, I should have gardening knees on)
On my belly, neighbors were watching me army crawl. I'd think they'd be use to this by now.
Standing on a step ladder (yes, I went above and beyond)
Observations
#1- A little change in perspective really changes the entire feel of the images.
#2- I debating about actually 'doing' the exercises or not. Do I really need to, the wonderful photographer that I am?
Well, I decided that as long as learning was my goal yes I did need to do them even if I did similar ones in classes before. I've got new equipment since then and the principles all still apply but if I feel my composition needs enough help that I'm buying a book (albeit one I've wanted for a long time) to help me with composition I better do what the book asks.
Which observation do I think is most important? Probably the second. For anyone who's read the book and not done the exercises they are quick and don't take as much time as I originally thought.
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Peek-a-boo
Is that some yellow I see? Might we have some blossoms for the fair? I think it will be close and yes you should expect a lot of sunflower progress pictures in the next few weeks.
Calendar test print
It's packaged and ready to go! I just realized that my copyright notice didn't end up visible, it must have been buried under layers. I guess this will have to be my copy then ;)
It was a pain today figuring out all the picky details and then realizing I had to do it all over again, but next time should go smoother.
No, I have no updated the pictures in the gallery to reflect the changes made here. If you are wondering about purchasing one the price will depend on how many people I have commit to buying one. The more purchased the cheaper they are.
It was a pain today figuring out all the picky details and then realizing I had to do it all over again, but next time should go smoother.
No, I have no updated the pictures in the gallery to reflect the changes made here. If you are wondering about purchasing one the price will depend on how many people I have commit to buying one. The more purchased the cheaper they are.
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Mom's wall
I'm printing this big for a couple of reasons.
1- I need to how big I can go with my new printer (and these are general test prints too)
2- It's going on Mom's back of her cabinets
3- I love getting big prints back.
SS 1 second, f/something, ISO 200, 105 mm
Also, today on flickr I was playing with the sun. I'm definitely not there yet but you can't see my progress pictures if I don't take them.
1- I need to how big I can go with my new printer (and these are general test prints too)
2- It's going on Mom's back of her cabinets
3- I love getting big prints back.
SS 1 second, f/something, ISO 200, 105 mm
Also, today on flickr I was playing with the sun. I'm definitely not there yet but you can't see my progress pictures if I don't take them.
Monday, August 6, 2007
Just been buzzing around
I'm loving the lens, but I'm amazed at how thin the DOF is. This bee was taken at f/4.5 but I was able to get close enough that the middle of the bee is in focus but the bud of the flower he is on and the top of his back isn't. He's a curly little bee so he was 'thicker' than some of the others I've shot and he let me get a lot closer.
Cool old building
I wish I knew who owned it, I bet there is some wonderful streaming light inside of there and the tall weeds in front of it would be wonderful to stick kids behind too.
SS 1/800, f/3.5, ISO 200, 105 mm
SS 1/800, f/3.5, ISO 200, 105 mm
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Adjusted version
I didn't do heavy anything. Curves, contrast, saturation, levels, and light burning.
Bee whisperer
I took my "not mine" lens up the canyon today and notice a bee on some clover. Of course I had the tripod on and everything set to get the waterfall blurred. I got a couple of shots with the tripod sticking out behind my arm but went on to the waterfalls.
On the way back I stopped again to sit down by the little patch of clover and see if any other bees were hanging around. I saw one, waited for him to come closer and then they were everywhere (not in a bad scary horror movie about bees way, I was calm they were calm we were all good)
Once again, no PS'ing done other than cropping, resizing, watermark, and USM. I think I will pull this one into PS again and see what a few layers do but I wanted to post before I forgot.
Oh, if anyone is curious, when a bee lands on the lens hood you can not focus on it.
SS 1/320, f/5.0, ISO 200, 105 mm
On the way back I stopped again to sit down by the little patch of clover and see if any other bees were hanging around. I saw one, waited for him to come closer and then they were everywhere (not in a bad scary horror movie about bees way, I was calm they were calm we were all good)
Once again, no PS'ing done other than cropping, resizing, watermark, and USM. I think I will pull this one into PS again and see what a few layers do but I wanted to post before I forgot.
Oh, if anyone is curious, when a bee lands on the lens hood you can not focus on it.
SS 1/320, f/5.0, ISO 200, 105 mm
Saturday, August 4, 2007
I'm in love
I've been shooting just about anything I can think of, a few are being cropped/resized/usm'ed so I can post here but not much else. I shot about 260 images today (a lot of multiples playing around the settings and I only saved one)
Some of them are on my flickr stream. If you click the image it will take you to my flickr.
Some of them are on my flickr stream. If you click the image it will take you to my flickr.
Friday, August 3, 2007
105 mm f/2.8 micro Nikon lens -- I'm in love
I'm renting this from ziplens, and was getting all antsy and impatient like a kid at Christmas with waiting.
I can't put into words how much I'm loving this lens. I have a lot more images on flickr, none of them have been edited besides resizing.
For this one, f/5, SS 1/2500, ISO 200, 105mm
I can't put into words how much I'm loving this lens. I have a lot more images on flickr, none of them have been edited besides resizing.
For this one, f/5, SS 1/2500, ISO 200, 105mm
Thursday, August 2, 2007
There are no words
I almost didn't blog these via flickr, but decided why not.
Nothing quite like a walk for frozen yogurt after a long hard day. She ditched the second shoe on the way home, and yes the one remaining shoe is on the wrong foot.
I'm so not going to worry about settings. It was late, ISO was high, SS was low.
08020705
Originally uploaded by HDC Photography
Nothing quite like a walk for frozen yogurt after a long hard day. She ditched the second shoe on the way home, and yes the one remaining shoe is on the wrong foot.
I'm so not going to worry about settings. It was late, ISO was high, SS was low.
08020705
Originally uploaded by HDC Photography
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Rainy days
SS 1/40, f/4.0, ISO 1600, 80 mm (55-200 kit lens)
Reflection of the evening sky in a puddle after the rain.
Reflection of the evening sky in a puddle after the rain.
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