Herrick Lake was the background for this prickly subject. Shot in the early morning with a shutter speed of 1/250sec, f8, 400 ISO @ 55mm.
Thursday's Image- Blog
A weekly Image to promote better photography.
Post 6
This was taken along the horse corral at Danada farms. With a little help from Photoshop I was able to manage the over and under exposure that this early morning shot created. I also tried a a little bit more sharpening than I have used in the past (we'll see how it turns out).
My settings were F8 at 1/180 sec.,ISO 200 with a Focal Length of 27mm
Post 5
I'm afraid I have been a bit lazy this week and haven't come up with a good image. So, I grabbed this one from earlier this year. I enjoyed the framing created by the trees in the foreground, but I believe this photo is more about texture, with the trees,ferns, and foliage, competing for attention, it keeps the eye moving. I decreased most of the color to emphasize this. I also think that the lack of color helps to increase the depth in the image.
Post 4
I plan to make a concerted effort in my future landscape images to have a definite Subject, to anchor my image, and let the eye focus on. This has been something I have been rather lazy in doing, and I think it needs addressing.
This was shot out at Mckee Marsh, just across Mack road from Blackwell Forest Preserve.
Camera settings: 1/90, F11, ISO 100, lens 18-55@ 18mm
Post 3
I was trying to use an old lens that I had purchased for my film camera while I was stationed in Japan. It is 45 years old but still able to take a pretty good picture. They sell lens adapters for almost all the major brands, in this case Minolta to Canon. The only draw back to doing this is you have to set the f stop on the lens itself , there is no connection between lens and camera. So, I would take a shot and check the LCD for exposure, make my adjustments and repeat until I was close. Anyway I need a lot more practice or a new lens?
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This was taken at McDowell Grove, in Naperville. I used my Canon T3 with an 18-55 lens, set at 45mm. ISO 200 with an apeture of f/8 @ 1/60 sec. In post production
I increased brightness with Viveza (which I use on almost every image), and then opened Color Efex Pro to add a few filters which I think really helped, more on those
as we go along. Thanks for your time and certainly feel free to comment.