Laura Severtson "Autumn Silk II"

Another attempt at autumn colors and silky water.  100 mm, 1/5 shutter speed, f/22, ISO 100.

I like how I framed the water with the branches.

I wish (again) that the image was more crisp.

Another Candid Moment at the Falls

Capturing a Moment at the Falls - Barbra

REALLY wish I could find the Bride and give her this image! What an extra special "photo op" at our Tumwater Falls Field Trip. If anyone knows who she is or has an idea of how to find her, please let me know.

Laura Severtson - "Autumn Silk"

From today's field trip:  1/5 shutter, f/14, ISO 100.  The toughest part for me was (again) not blowing out the white of the water.  Also, it was more difficult than I thought it would be to get everything in focus, considering I used a tripod.  Perhaps there's something to that remote shutter thingy after all - I'll have to dig it out next time!

Tumwater Falls Field Trip

White Balance Setting - Shade.  Shutter Speed 1/8.  Aperature - 22.  ISO - 100. Focal  - 55 mm

More Senior Pictures :)

Downtown Olympia taking Senior Pictures. This one was actually just a joke but it ended up turning out pretty cool. shutter 1/125 ISO 800 and f 4.0

"Zelda Elvira Teagarden" - Laura Severtson

Okay, reading over the homework instructions now, I realize I didn't work as hard on this as I was supposed to.  While I did play with the White Balance a bit, with most shots (including this one), I had WB on auto.  I utilized only the light from the window, and my delight over the results of shooting my cats without flash distracted me. 
For this shot I had the camera propped on the kitchen table due to the low light (cloudy day outside).  1/160 shutter speed, f/4.5, ISO 3200.  (I soon got out the tripod, an indoor first for me!)
I like this shot of Zelda because the white is not blown out (as it was in almost every other shot), yet I manage to capture a bit of light to discern her black body from the dark background.  Image is crisp, eyes are green green.
I wish she hadn't been happily nesting on the white tissue paper, and a brightly-colored quilt would have been a striking contrast to her black/white, instead of the pastels.  I wish I had played more with the WB and the ISO, to see what else is possible and I guarantee I will - Zelda and her brother will be captive models all this long dark winter.

Birds at Capital Lake

This is my white balance photo.  I used a F14, shutter speed of 1/200 and ISO 640.  I preferred the cloudy setting because it gave it a warmer touch to it and this being Fall - I thought it made it more "Fallish Looking".  What I would change -  I would have used a lower aperature number than 14.  I wanted to include the background but I got more background then what I wanted. 

Wild Hogs in Seattle

This photo was panned in West Seattle (after many, many other trials with cars mainly...)  It was shot at ISO 200 with a shutter speed of 1/40 at F/9.  I think much of this was luck since none of the other pictures had this combination of sharpness of image along with the nice blur in the background. Panning will take some more practice....

Sunrise and Sunset in the Field of Dreams

I had the settings at  f 5.6 and iso 200 for the sunset and 1/25 f 5.6 and iso 200 for the sunrise.  Both were taken in my neigborhood.  The sunrises and sunsets are so incredible this time of  year.  I am curious as to other settings I should try and look forward to experimenting.....  Debra

Technicolor Tornado

 

 

Wish I could have figured out a way to hold it without getting the black blank section.  This was shot on bulb with a black sheet around me with black gloves on while I was moving glow sticks slowly in rings in front of the camera.   I like the thought that you can "paint" with the camera.  Canon Rebel xti ,   F5, 10 seconds, ISO 400, focal length 42mm.

Dana Clay

Deb Francy - Couldn't Resist "Silky Water"

I was experimenting trying to get "silky" water.  Although this is not a very big "waterfall", I could still see the difference using several different settings.
I used a shutter speed of 1/15 to blur the motion of water.  The other settings were: ISO 100, f/13 and focal length 42mm.  The Camera is a Olympus Evolt E-420. 
It's pretty amazing that you can get different affects with different settings on the camera.  The picture might have been better if I pulled back and got a little more of the area, but I might have lost getting the blur of the water.

Frozen water fall

This is my shutter speed photo.  I was gone on vacation and so that is why I have posted two in a row.  I decided to freeze the waterfall at a shutter speed of 1/2500, and I wanted to use an aperature of 5.6 as it was a close up and then the ISO was 1250.  When I increased the ISO it made it lighter but I preferred the darker edge to it. 

October Flowers

This is my aperature photo.  I wanted to use an A of 5.3 as I wanted the attention on the dead flowers.  I wanted the healthy plant to be the background.   I fiddle with the ISO and Shutter until I got a bell curve.  The ISO was 2500 and the A was 1/1000.  The focal length was 40 mm.

Need For Speed

1/20sec f/22  iso1600 18mm

I panned the camera with the biker and tried to freeze him and blur the rest of the shot. I like all of the motion in the shot, and I think the expression on the kids face helps add to the speed. If there would have been a little more light I think I would have had a little better result.

Senior Pictures!

 shutter 1/125 f5.6 ISO800

Shimmery Sound

I used F11, 1/1250, ISO 1250 and 175 mm

I was trying to capture the shimmery sound in front of the sea lions.  Also it was a VERY sunny day and I was trying not to get too much sun but at the same time I wanted it to be shimmery

"UP Headin West" - Larry Severtson

 

I had stopped in the Columbia River Gorge (about 120 miles east of Portland) to take some photos of the windmills; but Mother Nature wasn’t cooperating.  The windmill blades were barely moving and I couldn’t get an acceptable picture of them in motion.  Fortunately, the Union Pacific was kind enough to help me out. 

This was shot with a Canon 60D and 18mm - 55mm lens (@ 24mm), ISO 100, f22 for 1/30.  

 

I like the detail, the colors and the juxtaposition of the old technology, the railroad train in the foreground and the newer electrical generating windmills in the background.

Laura Severtson - "Crab Diver"

Ring-billed Gulls were diving for little crabs while the tide came in at the Nisqually Nat'l Wildlife Refuge on Friday (the 5th).  Early morning sun was behind me (before 8a), so I thought I had perfect lighting.

I had my camera set on Tv with a shutter speed of 1/1600, the other settings were automatically set (f/5.6, ISO 160).  Histogram says that the photo is both a little under- and over-exposed (bird's belly is too white, rest of photo is too dark).

I like that I caught the gull right before it hit the water - his focus is intensely on the crab he is seeing below the surface.  I like the bit of old piling to the left, the blue of the water and the white reflection of the bird.

I don't like that the photo is darkish and the bird is a bit blown out.  I wish the focus was more crisp.  (Note:  The focus is sharper on my computer than it is on this blog - why is that?)
Canon Rebel T3i, 300mm lens

Guy on a Bridge

Steve O'Neill  10/4/2012  Taken at Tumwater Falls with a Nikon D3100.  ISO 200, aperture f/13, shutter speed 1/60.

Sophie

Shot with a Sony A55.  This is my aperture priority photo.  This was shot on a sunny day but we were in a shaded area.  I used f/5, ISO 800, 110mm.  I started at 200 but  I tried a few shots moving the ISO up until I had enough light according to the histogram.  I tried to get clear focus on her eyes.  I liked this shot because there are other interesting elements in the shot but Sophie is still the focus.

Wizard Island - Larry Severtson

This was shot with a Canon 60D and 18mm - 55mm lens (@ 24mm), ISO 100, f8 for 1/160. This is of Wizard Island at Crater Lake National Park. It was a bright day with some clouds and a significant amount of smoke from all the fires. Due to the bright day I used a very low ISO and tried different apertures to get this shot. This combination seemed to produce the best results and the histogram shows the light evenly spread throughout the range. I like the colors and textures but I might try shooting at a different angle next time.

 

Reflections

Shot this at ISO 200, F/11, 1/40(shutter speed) at 28mm. I shot this picture with multiple settings and this one seemed to be the sharpest.  I tried to capture the reflection in the water.  I also liked that there are several sight lines that go from left to right off the picture.
If I were to shoot this again, I might move the row of buildings a little more to the right with the end building starting more toward the middle of the shot although I'm not sure what that does to the reflection(s).

Jerry Locke

Indian Summer

Taken near sunset with f/5.0 and ISO 100.  The histogram was like a bell curve.

Dana Clay - "Got Balls?"
    Something I would not normally take a picute of that's the part I liked.   It was really bright so I had to keep upping the F stop to keep the fuzz/writing still clear and get the histogram to spread out better.    Maybe should have played with ISO more...
Camera = Canon EOS Rebel XTI.   Settings = F18, ISO=100 Focal length 70.00mm.  Shot in the front yard (good thing it was just my yard since I was lying down on my stomach to get the picture).

Bentley and Cat, taken with Pentax k-r, f/5.6 an diso 1600.

Laura Severtson - "Summer's End"

- This pond was alongside a busy road, with very bright mid-day sun. I was working on aperture/ISO, attempting to capture the flower without blowing-out the white (I referred to the histogram after every shot and made adjustments).
- I like the sharp detail of the lily. I like the lighting.  I like the stem leads the eye from the flower to the leaf.
- The histogram says this photo is under-exposed. I couldn't figure out how to retain the shading in the lily otherwise.
- f/6.3, ISO 100, focal length 300mm, Canon Rebel T3i
- Columbia Gorge, pond near the Bridge of the Gods, Washington state (September 20, 2012)

Mima Mounds Fence

This was at the Mima Mounds near the Evergreen Gun Club. f5.6 ISO 200 Cloudy day. Cannon T3i

Slow Moving Vehicle

Nikon D40 125mm f/5.6 iso200

I chose the lowest aperture I could so that only the slug would be in focus. I would have liked to have moved the lens closer in which would have allowed me to open it up a little more, but the log he was sitting on was in an awkward spot.

Slugs are great to photograph because they don't run/fly away, but they sure are shiny. Next time I will try to eliminate the "slime glare" that I got on most of my shots.

Roses

9/23/12  Aperture 3.5 (I think) and ISO 100.  Nikon D3100  Steve O'Neill

Deb Francy - "Mom's Dahlia, My Favorite Color"

I was practicing taking pictures, in Mom's flower garden.
I like that the main dahlia grabs your attention, the background gives a feel of the expanse of the plant with a little taste of the other blooms on the plant.  There doesn't seem to be any over or under exposed areas that take away from the focal point of the picture.
I should have taken more time to analyze the photo on the spot.  The Histogram was more to the left, so it is a little underexposed.  The aperture was already maxed out so I could have played with the ISO, increasing it a bit.  I also could have moved the focal bloom more to the left to see what that would have looked like.
Camera settings: Aperture f/5.6, ISO 400, Focal length 42 mm.  I have a Olympus Evolt E-420.

Heather Garcia - Blood Red Darkness

I took a picture of the sun setting. This was taken from the Nikon D3100 with a 300mm lens, aperture setting of 5.6 and ISO of 100. The picture was taken at the Yelm Walmart parking lot. This histogram shows that this picture is under exposed. I like that the sky turned to such a deep red and the trees and telephone lines have become silhouettes. I would have liked more definition in the silhouettes and should have turned my ISO up to have allowed more light in.

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