amateur
With work calling Friday an annual leave day due to the heat being 45°c, I decided to take some photographs the ‘manual’ way on my way over to Daniels house. I took 20 photographs throughout the day, these are the best (7).
Shutter 1/60 sec, ISO 250, f-stop 8 (I think he had ‘passed on’ due to the heat..)
Shutter 1/125 sec, ISO 220, f-stop 5 (x4 magnifying filter)
Shutter 1/80 sec, ISO 400, f-stop 6 (x4 magnifying filter)
Shutter 5 sec, ISO 200, f-stop 10 (driving with one hand probably isn’t recommended)
Shutter 10 sec, ISO 200, f-stop 10 (notice fire burning in the background; not good)
Shutter 1 sec, ISO 200, f-stop 10 (my neighbours)
Shutter 1/60 sec, ISO 800, f-stop 5 (he was on my watertank; x4 magnifying filter)
I’ve ordered my tripod & polarising filter, in the hope of getting out to see some wonderful landscapes & city lights at night.
Great pictures!
45°c It’s too hot!
Where do you live?
PD: I like this picture: “Shutter 1 sec (my neighbours)”
Demian
Sunday, February 1, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Neat as ever Senorita :) Keep it up…
The scope/range of photography is limited only by one’s imagination!!
I’ll be back… if I remain alive and I don’t forget!! :) lol
Jagatzz
Sunday, February 1, 2009 at 10:29 pm
the mantis is nicely done, well framed.
burstmode
Monday, February 2, 2009 at 1:05 am
these are so cool! my favorite would be the one with the insect where you focus on it alone then the rest of the picture gets blurry. next favorite is the mirror thingie where it’s like windy and so damn cool. i so love your camera. i wonder why you included the spider here though. it’s disturbing.
thedaythatidie
Monday, February 2, 2009 at 1:06 am
You take some sweet pictures!
I especially like the one where you’re aiming at the mirror and the background is blurry. Nice contrast, mate.
Otto Mann
Monday, February 2, 2009 at 2:40 am
what an awesome photographer u are….
Lafunga
Monday, February 2, 2009 at 5:10 am
45C?! Ouch. That must have been oppressive.
The photos are just beautiful. I especially loved the wings and the one of the spider. I’m also extremely fond of mirror shots like the ones you posted! Something about the natural frame of the photo…
slightlyignorant
Monday, February 2, 2009 at 6:12 am
those first 3 photos are just fabouls.
and thanks for putting me at your blogroll. great honor.
blessings
dhyan
utopianfragments
Monday, February 2, 2009 at 6:16 am
Wow… I love the “trade mark” mirror shot and I think the praying mantis is really cool. They are really rare around here and you are lucky to see one a year… I wrote this a minute ago. Let me know if you think it’s a good start…
There’s a portion of my life that’s been taken over by poetry.
It didn’t even ask… It’s just choosen me and devoted me.
When you read the words I write you simply feel and know it’s me.
You don’t need to see my picture… My words absolutely show it’s me.
Is it worth finishing??? I love it but sometimes a writer can get too close to the project and love something that is horrible. Let me know what you think PLEASE…
Shady
Monday, February 2, 2009 at 10:01 am
beautiful girl and beautiful photos!
markbaland
Monday, February 2, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Two things:
1) Hopefully the fire in the passing distance was not caused by you driving with one hand :)
2) Where the hell did you see that spider? Hopefully not in you or your friend’s house! **the willies shake** (<–not to be confused with… never mind)
sgottahurt
Monday, February 2, 2009 at 1:31 pm
Well THANK YOU for the encouragement and support!!! It means alot to me. I hope your week gets off to a good start! Bye hun…
Shady
Monday, February 2, 2009 at 5:25 pm
Second verse…
I try to express my life writing truth and living openly.
When a good author comes to mind I pray, dream, and hope it’s me.
I’ve spent the majority of my life living sad, hurt, and hopelessly.
Now I’m stronger and can deal with whatever in life is thrown at me.
You still like??? I’m not gonna let you read what I finish it with cause that would take the point of you coming to my site to see it. I just wanted your opinion on if where I was going with it was good or not. I picked you because I trust your judgement…
Shady
Monday, February 2, 2009 at 5:59 pm
Nice ;) I like the second photo…
Vlad Moldovan
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 1:09 am
wow. these are awesome pictures and i don’t normally like bug pictures. you are a good amateur.
floreta
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 1:51 am
lol, another spider I see. The sky is such a light blue there. Interesting.
My favourite is the second with the gorgeous detail in the wing :) I guess I’ve always wanted to fly :P.
cravingoxygen
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 8:16 am
The silhouetted shot was on film rated for ISO 400, but I metered and shot it at 800 (one stop underexposed, the same as setting your exposure comp to -1 or metering to the -1 in manual). However, negative film in general and black and white film especially has a lot more room to “play” with exposure (usually called exposure latitude, and a direct function of its greater dynamic range), so shooting one stop under and developing longer to bring the scene to “normal” exposure is very common (called “push” processing). You can also “pull” a film by overexposing and developing for a shorter amount of time. Since negative films handle overexposure much better than underexposure, pulling tends to give nice, workable results (often better than the rated speed, which is usually exaggerated anyway), while pushing can be tricky. The head picture from the museum is on the same film shot at 125. The silhouetting is a direct result of her direction to the light- you can see from her shadow that there is a street light in front of her to her left.
I think you have another great motion shot in this group. The contrast between the still image in the mirror and the blur beyond it is really interesting. It does look hot there. Be thankful, most of America is in a cold wave. My weather is currently showing snow today, tomorrow, and Wednesday.
Anthony
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 8:57 am
Oh, I forgot to mention that it looks like you are getting great detail and sharpness from those filters, much more than I expected. How do they look at 100%?
Anthony
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 8:58 am
very interesting photographs of the car mirror! and 45 degrees!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i miss the sun…its still trying to snow here and its february! why dont u send some of that sun this way and stop hogging it down there in australia
freshtodeath
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Nice photos! Taking pictures on 45°c degrees, such a hot weather that’s the reason why the fire burning. I like the mirror shot: the side is blurry taking on Shutter 10 sec, ISO 200, f-stop 10.
Visuallens
Sunday, February 8, 2009 at 1:35 am
I missed the spider first time through…I love spider photos.
burstmode
Monday, February 9, 2009 at 9:46 pm
The magnifying filters seems really cool! Nice and sharp details. The second car mirror photo is the best..in which fire is burning in the back.(not good tho). How is your normal weather like?
Wildblack
Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 9:10 pm