Implied MotionShutter Speed 1/25
Aperture f22
ISO 200
Taking Brooke's advice to heart - to practice, practice, practice...I took a ton
of pictures trying various shutter speeds and apertures and even ISOs.
After all that I really was the most happy with just this one shot of blurred motion. The upside is that I am feeling so much more comfortable shooting in manual mode and I think that I'm getting my head more around the concepts and actions.
Frozen MotionShutter Speed 1/1600
Aperture f 5.0
ISO 400
The way the water catches the light is interesting.
I wonder why it picks up light from the purple range of the spectrum...
Panning EffectShutter Speed 1/60
Aperture f16
ISO 200
This week was so filled with out-of-town company among other pressing matters that I really was able to try panning only once. On the way home from town on Saturday, my husband stopped along the road to our house (not heavily traveled) so I could practice panning on several cars and a motorcycle that passed by before I got this cyclist. It was about 4:30 in the afternoon, I was facing west, and I could tell that I had sunspots in each shot...but this was it...my one opportunity to try this technique. I couldn't tell from the rear view screen if I had achieved my goal so was happy when I got home, loaded the photos on the computer and found that the experiment worked! Yay!
Shutter Speed 1/1250Aperture f 5.0
ISO 400
We were riding in an air boat going about 30 mph with the birds staying beside us or sometimes swooping ahead and then back again. I was shooting away (and yes...I flipped back and forth between manual and automatic in my quest to capture the birds in flight) and I don't really know if this one particular shot was manual or auto, but I like it.
What good ideas! Where did you take these pictures at? The waterfall is so pretty! I liked the idea of the birds for th panneling too!
ReplyDeleteThank you for commenting! We arranged for our daughter and her husband to have an air boat ride on Friday and when I heard something about a "waterfall" I knew I had to go too. Happily, that ride also provided the shot of the birds. It was the first time I had seen the waterfall and it really is just a little waterfall, only about a 2 1/2 foot drop where Lake Washington meets the St. Johns River on the cattle ranch where we live.
ReplyDeleteAlice, the waterfall pictures are really good. I love that first one.....that water really looks so smooth. And your panning picture turned out really well. That was hard for me to get. So, great work! :)
ReplyDeleteI love the first picture as well. Even little waterfalls are gorgeous, and you did a great job making that water look so smooth. I love the second one too, however. The light on the water is so nifty! And the birds--the birds are my favorite. Fantastic photos!
ReplyDeleteThe water in the first image is stunning. I would have probably been so busy with the settings that I'd have missed the bridge railing to steady the camera. You are very with-it. Nice work.
ReplyDeleteAlso, thank you for the warm welcome over on my blog! That is a Buff Orpington - Butterscotch. She is such a nice hen. I'm so glad we haven't had to deal with death and carnage! Sorry for your loss!
JoDean