Monday, November 28, 2011

Final Photos

 Camera: panasonic DMC-FZ28, Lumix. Lens 27 mm (1:2.8-4.4 / 4.8-86.4)  Focal length 86.4 mm. ISO 200. AV F/8. Shutter speed 1/800. No flash





                                   
 Camera: panasonic DMC-FZ28, Lumix. Lens 27 mm (1:2.8-4.4 / 4.8-86.4).  Focal length 86.4 mm. ISO 200. AV F/5.6. Shutter speed 1/100 .No flash





                                      
 Camera: panasonic DMC-FZ28, Lumix. Lens 27 mm (1:2.8-4.4 / 4.8-86.4) . Focal length 11.1 mm. ISO 100. AV F/4. Shutter speed 1/200.  No flash






 Camera: panasonic DMC-FZ28, Lumix. Lens 27 mm (1:2.8-4.4 / 4.8-86.4) . Focal length 86.4 mm. ISO 100. AV F/4.4. Shutter speed 1/125. No flash







Camera: panasonic DMC-FZ28, Lumix. Lens 27 mm (1:2.8-4.4 / 4.8-86.4).  Focal length 86.4 mm. ISO 100. AV F/7.1. Shutter speed 1/400. No flash






Camera: panasonic DMC-FZ28, Lumix.Lens 27 mm (1:2.8-4.4 / 4.8-86.4). Focal length 83.8 mm. ISO 100. AV F/4.4. Shutter speed 1/400. No flash







Camera: panasonic DMC-FZ28, Lumix.   Lens 27 mm (1:2.8-4.4 / 4.8-86.4) Focal length 86.4 mm. ISO 100. AV F/5.6. Shutter speed 1/250. No flash







Camera: panasonic DMC-FZ28, Lumix. Lens 27 mm (1:2.8-4.4 / 4.8-86.4).  Focal length 86.4 mm. ISO 640. AV F/4.4. Shutter speed 1/250. No flash







Camera: panasonic DMC-FZ28, Lumix. Lens 27 mm (1:2.8-4.4 / 4.8-86.4). Focal length 86.4 mm. ISO 100. AV F/5. Shutter speed 1/320. No flash







Camera: panasonic DMC-FZ28, Lumix. Lens 27 mm (1:2.8-4.4 / 4.8-86.4). Focal length 4.8 mm. ISO 100. AV F/5. Shutter speed 1/200. No flash







Camera: panasonic DMC-FZ28, Lumix. Lens 27 mm (1:2.8-4.4 / 4.8-86.4). Focal length 84.5 mm. ISO 200. AV F/5. Shutter speed 1/500. No flash







Camera: panasonic DMC-FZ28, Lumix.  Lens 27 mm (1:2.8-4.4 / 4.8-86.4).  Focal length 86.4 mm. ISO 200. AV F/4.4. Shutter speed 1/125. No flash







Camera: panasonic DMC-FZ28, Lumix. Lens 27 mm (1:2.8-4.4 / 4.8-86.4) . Focal length 12.4 mm. ISO 100. AV F/4. Shutter speed 1/200. No flash








Camera: panasonic DMC-FZ28, Lumix. Lens 27 mm (1:2.8-4.4 / 4.8-86.4) . Focal length 20.8 mm. ISO 250. AV F/3.6. Shutter speed 1/800. No flash








Camera: panasonic DMC-FZ28, Lumix. Lens 27 mm (1:2.8-4.4 / 4.8-86.4) . Focal length 59.5 mm. ISO 100. AV F/5.6. Shutter speed 1/250. No flash








Camera: panasonic DMC-FZ28, Lumix. Lens 27 mm (1:2.8-4.4 / 4.8-86.4). Focal length 86.4 mm. ISO 125. AV F/4.4. Shutter speed 1/125. No flash 







Camera: panasonic DMC-FZ28, Lumix. Lens 27 mm (1:2.8-4.4 / 4.8-86.4).   Focal length 26.7 mm. ISO 100. AV F/3.7. Shutter speed 1/600. No flash









Camera: panasonic DMC-FZ28, Lumix. Lens 27 mm (1:2.8-4.4 / 4.8-86.4).  Focal length 47 mm. ISO 160. AV F/5.6. Shutter speed 1/320. No flash








Camera: panasonic DMC-FZ28, Lumix. Lens 27 mm (1:2.8-4.4 / 4.8-86.4).  Focal length 86.4 mm. ISO 160. AVF/4.4. Shutter speed 1/125. No flash





Camera: panasonic DMC-FZ28, Lumix. Lens 27 mm (1:2.8-4.4 / 4.8-86.4). Focal length 42.6 mm. ISO 100. AVF/3.7. Shutter speed 1/100. No flash


Tuesday, November 22, 2011





I took these photos on campus this week.  I did a little editing on them mostly just cropping and boosting the brightness and contrast.  The first two are of an icicle I found dangling from a car.  I like how you can see a drop starting to form at the tip of the icicle and see the detail in the icicle.  I had found this river rock on the Yellowstone and decided to put it in the snow.  I like the contrast of the smooth, colorful rock against the white snow.  I think the colors and the designs in the rock is what makes this photo interesting.  The next photo is a little less interesting because the rock is more plain and simple but I like the composition, but I could crop it more to make it follow the rule of thirds a little better.  I really like the texture of the final picture.  I also like it because it is sort of hard at first to tell exactly what it is but once you see the other rocks that are poking out of the snow you know that the rest of the bumps in the snow are more covered rocks.  For the last few assignments I have taken photos on campus or at riverfront park and I am looking forward to going home for thanksgiving to be able to take some photos of some different subjects. 

Thursday, November 17, 2011

This is a photo that won the photo of the day award for national geographic on October 13 of this year.  This photo was taken by Richard Bryant and is of a American alligator claw.  One of the strengths of this picture is the unified colors.  It makes the alligator claw blend in so well with the background that it seems like it is part of the background.  light in this picture also plays a role in giving the alligator leg and claw more detail and texture. Texture in this photo is strong and as a viewer you can almost feel the alligator scales.  The arm of the alligator comes into the picture right where the rule of thirds line is which makes the composition work.  also the photographer did a good job of including all of the claws and not cutting any of them off. 

Monday, November 7, 2011

Nature photos






These are some pictures that I took at Riverfront park and here on campus.  When we had our first snow of the winter I decided to go out and take some photos.  for all of these pictures the editing that I did was trying to crop them to make the composition more interesting and trying to make the colors stand out by changing the hue/saturation and contrast/brightness.  In the first one I tried to crop it so it fell into the rule of thirds. I did the same with the second one also.  I like how the red stands out in the leaves that are covered in snow but I think I need to change the composition in them.  The last leaf picture I cropped a lot because there were a lot of other leaves in the background that I think distracted the viewer.  In most of these pictures I think there is a good variation from darks to lights. I also like the sharp edges of some subjects countered by rough edges.  for example the leaves have sharp straight edges whereas the snow on top of them has more variation in the lines and edges.  There is a good contrast between sharp images and blurred ones.  in the second picture of the wasp nest most of the image is in focus but there are a few branches that are not.  In the first two images you can see the snow falling. I can not decided if this helps or hurts the images but I am leaning towards hurt. In my next edit I would like to try and get the snow streaks out of the picture.













Thursday, November 3, 2011

Thursday 11/3

This is a  picture that I took when I was taking pictures of leaves for our last blog.  I like how the bright green algae in the bottom of the picture plane runs through the water in little channels that your eye follows and brings you to the reflection.  The leaves floating on top of the water could be a little distracting but overall I like the picture.  I changed the hue, saturation, and contrast when I edited it and it made the green algae really jump out and made the water more blue.  I think these edits make the picture much more interesting. This photo may have too much going on and would better serve as two different pictures one where the subject is the algae and the other of the reflection but I also like how they work together.


 I think pictures of nature reflecting onto water are very cool because they almost create an optical illusion.  I found some other cool reflections on the National Geographic website.





These are both photographs by Raymond Gehman.  The first one is of Wind River Range in Wyoming, and the second is of a lake in Canada.  Both of these reflection shots had to be taken at just the right time.  Not only a time when there is no wind but also a time when there is the best light. Also planning to take the second photo during the fall makes it a more interesting picture because of all of the changing leaves. 



 

Edited leaf photos