POTD Feb 17

Today I left Michael and the babies at home, at headed up to the park by myself, just to see what I could come up with. I have 17 shots that I have saved to have a play with. I can't remember how many I took, I think it was about 100. Alot of them simply didn't work. Some of them I know why, some I don't. Shutter speed seems to be my problem today. I can look at a photo and know why it didn't work most of the time, but knowing exactly how to fix it is something I am still working on. One thing at a time.



On yesterdays post, a few people asked about focus. The main thing I learned was the correlation between focal length and shutter speed, but like I said, I'm not really sure how to fix that yet. I'll get there though. Sara, I'm not sure about the things you mentioned, but I'll check out the FAQ thread, thanks.



Here's my favourite so far. This is more or less as shot. Just played with the contrast a little.

ISO 100 f/8.0 1/30

This is a set of stone stairs to the left of the waterfall.

ISO 200 f/16.0 1/25

I took this one with reflection in mind. I liked how the tree reflected in the water but was broken up by the sheets of thin ice. I wanted to include the leaf as a point of interest. I did play with the histogram for this one a little in PS to get better brightness and contrast. Not sure I am done with it. Michael thinks it needs to be cropped in a bit tighter on the leaf.He might be right. It gets a little lost, but I don't want to lose the reflection. It does look better when the whole thing is larger though.

ISO100 f14.0 1/13

Thanks for all the comments.

POTD Feb 16

Thanks for all the welcoming comments yesterday. I already feel like I am learning lots.

This is one I took of Kyan the other day. The background is actually the inside of our fire place, and I really like the way it looks. Unfortunately as with many of my shots, the focus is a little off. Michael has since explained to me what I did wrong, so hopefully tomorrow I might try to have another go at it. Meanwhile, I quite like the composition and Kyan's beautiful blue eyes. I haven't altered this photo at all.

POTD Feb 15

This is for the POTD challenge at 2peas. It is not on the set topic, but some I'm really happy with. I have to credit one of the other 2peas ladies for the set up idea. I saw a similar shot on her blog and loved it, and thought it would be a great shot for Cameron. Remember that I am no photographer and I am just strating to learn how to use the camera properly, so there is probably a lot wrong with the photos, but I'm very happy.

PWAC Black and white

This is for the black and white challenge at 2peas.