I went to Cedar Creek to take this photo. the waterfall was filled with plants and I thought it made a very good foreground for the picture. I set the shutter speed to 60 in order to make the waterfall appear blurred.
I used the same plant and waterfall for this photo. I changed the shutter speed to about 800 so the water would look clear as it fell.
This is a picture of a bird feeder at my parent's house. Itook several pictures to change the depth of field so that the trees in the back would either be clear or blurry. My f-stop was 3.2 for this picture. I believe my shudder speed was at 500 and I was about 2 feet away.
I took a picture of the same bird feeder. This time I set the f-stop to 8. My shutter speed was at 80 from the same distance.
1 comment:
Kala,
I like the waterfall pics very much. Remember. . .a good location many times converts into good pictures (a least there is more desirable subject matter). Good manipulation of the flow of water. Easy to see motion in both. It did look like pic #1 was a little overexposed. What I really liked was how you framed both pictures. Plants (dark and to the left) helped frame the picture, water running into the frame (lead room framing), and good contrast between water and greenery (especially in pic #2). Try to picture objects in the three zones (close, middle, far) which will give yuo overall pic more depth. Good work.
Birdhouses were also shot well. One of the reasons the DOF is not as noticeable is because you are still several feet from the subject. You may want to review the DOF Powerpoint tutorial to help remember the other ways to manipulate DOF. Good exposure in both pics. Not sure they are bird feeders since there is no visible opening or ledge for the birds to stand upon. Pic #2 was slightly better for several reasons - 1) closer, 2) lens is at the same level as center of interest, 3) Object off center. In pic #1 the viewer has to look up at the underside of the object.
Keep up the good work.
Have a great weekend.
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