Silhouettes

Over the weekend, not only did I get pulled over for the first time, I also had some- not so rewarding- progress with startrails. This is the moon, although you can't really tell. I like this shot because you can still see the stars around the moon. I like the contrasting trees. I hate how noise it is (I swear the shutter wasn't open that long!). 

Shutter Speed 18

Aperture f/4.5

ISO 100

This is the sun. I love the eeriness of this shot. It's very scary looking with the bright sun and dark background. I honestly didn't intend for this to be a silhouette, I was just figuring out my camera settings. I think it turned out well. I'm still deciding whether or not I like the sun flare. The blue it adds is nice, but it looks a little funny. It also doesn't add the the composition, in my opinion. If you look at the photo info you can tell it was a VERY bright day.

Shutter Speed 1/4000

Aperture f/29.0

ISO 100

I like the contrast from the wild tree to the straight lined and uniform power line. It has some leading lines going on and rule of thirds. This shot is noise, too. Silhouettes don't like me apparently. I took this mid afternoon when it was extremely bright. I didn't want to risk waiting until the sunset since all weekend the sunsets were cloudy.  I wish the sky was more dramatic with the clouds or in colors.  This is my favorite of the silhouettes!

Shutter Speed 1/1600

Aperture f/11

ISO 100

First Silhouette

This is not my finished assignment, but it is a start. I took some photos yesterday. I was testing my camera. I'm getting impatient with this weather. I'd like a nice sunrise/sunset... Anyways, here is one of the best photos for silhouette last night.

Addie

So, I have this amazingly smart, sneaky, lovable pup named Addie. She's almost three and we adopted her from CCHS. She's a Australian Shepard-Border Collie mix. We volunteer at the Humane Society and we knew her mom and all the other puppies since the first week after they were born. Although most of the litter grew into fluffy furred dogs, Addie has thick short (almost wire-y) hair. She doesn't sit still, and she hates being my subject :)

Juxtaposition

So, some of you may not know what juxtaposition is. Well, it's something unusual. It's something you wouldn't expect to see, or you don't see every day. I chose Easter eggs in the snow, because Easter is a big symbol of spring. I can't remember an Easter when I had to hunt eggs in the snow!

 I like this picture, because it add variety to the group of pictures I took. I had the egg open, because I think it adds just a little bit more. There shouldn't be candy in snow. I hate how you can see me in the reflection of the egg. I tried to clone it out in photoshop, but the apparently I have a few different shades of dark blue. It ended up looking funny, so I just tried to darken it as much as possible.

I love this picture for many reasons. The first being- I like the snow on the egg. The second being- I love the composition. I like how it fallows rule of thirds, and how you can see the other eggs in the background. I think this picture tells a better story than the one above it. Again, you can see me, but you have to look harder!

This is just a different shot of the open egg. I like it because you can see the other eggs in the background. You can't see me as well in this shot, which is nice. I like how in this picture you can tell the snow is snow. Overall, I think I had a great shoot.

Doesn't Belong

  I love these shoes. However, they make my feet hurt- a lot. These were taken for the assignment "Doesn't Belong." Although it's pretty obvious where the assignment and pictures relate, I will explain. They are pretty, "dress" shoes and they are in the mud and water. These pretty shoes don't belong in the gunk.

 I've taken pictures of my flip flops in mud, but never this type of shoe. I kept striving to get a different position. This photo is what you would expect from someone who is taking a picture of their shoes. Although it's a plain photo, I think it gets the point across.

Shutter Speed 1/160

Aperture f5.6

ISO 200

I love these bottom two photos.  I love the closeness of this photo. It's like you are right in front of the shoes too. This picture would probably be better if there were more mud on the foot closest to the camera. Otherwise, I love this shot.

Shutter Speed 1/160

Aperture f5.6

ISO 200

I love this shot, too. There isn't any specific reason I turned this black and white, the colors were good. Now looking at the photo, I am happy I turned it black and white, because I think it adds emphasis to the lines. There is good contrast between the sharp jagged likes of the rocks and the soft lines of the shoe. I like the bow with the rocks and water. I wouldn't change anything about this shot, except for maybe more mud on my foot.

Shutter Speed 1/160

Aperture f5.6

ISO 200