Class Assignment: "Water"

I love this picture.  The tree, shrubs, and rocks are framing the water, drawing the eye to the center of the picture and the moving water.  I think this is the photo I'm sending in for our class assignment this week.  ISO 100, f-29 aperture, and the exposure time was a full 20 seconds! ( I thought it would never finish!)

We hiked down the cliff to take photos of the narrows, just above Idewyld.  Dusk was approaching, and the view was magnificent.  This photo and the one below it are the same shot...in this shot, the ISO was 1600, and the shutter stayed open for only 1/664th of a second. 

ISO 100, f-32 aperture, and the shutter stayed open for a full second to capture the movement.

This photo and the two that follow are also the same shot...same telephoto, same tripod placement.   ISO is 100, aperture was set to f-5, and the shutter remained open for 1/41 of a second.  

Part II:  Longer exposure, slower shutter speed.  ISO 100, f-32, exposure time 1 second.  

Part III:  ISO 100, f-32, and the exposure time was 2.5 seconds.

"Nature In My Backyard"

OK, so I cheated.  Our HW assignment was "Nature In My Backyard".  I went to mom and dad's, and used nature from their backyard. You should have seen it...pouring down rain on Sunday afternoon,  me wearing dad's knee boots, laying on my stomach on the muddy hill, all to get these shots of the flowers that line their driveway.  My instructor summed it up best...he said, "Someone should have taken a picture of you!"

It really was my intention to blur the background...I'm still amazed that it actually worked.  :~)  I wanted to emphasize the water dripping from the petals, and focus on the softness of the flowers.  The focus could have been a little better, but I kinda like the ethereal look.  

Class, part II...

Another example...stop motion, high ISO, fast shutter speed.  Can't for the life of me remember the aperture.  

Same shot, slower shutter speed.  Once again, can't remember the aperture setting.  I'll get it straight...someday.

Photography class

OK.  SO our class assignment was to take our tripods, saunter out to the fountain on campus, and play with our cameras.  I'm trying to figure out the relationship between aperture, ISO, and shutter speed.  Here, I have managed to stop motion, and can see the individual units of water.

Same here...still stopping motion, high ISO, fast shutter speed.

Here, I have managed to capture what I so eloquently call the "milky effect".  Much slower shutter speed,  have to use a tripod because camera shake would be a problem if I tried to capture this shot by hand.

I also figured out how to use my timer to reduce shake while on the tripod.

Cool, huh?  :~)

My dad...

Dad was a sport and accompanied me out on the back 40 on this rainy Sunday as I was looking for the elusive "Nature In My Backyard" photograph for class.   It was wet!  My favorite part, though, even though you can't see it...he was wearing shorts to complete the camo outfit.  :~)