Hope everyone has had a great weekend. A fairly simple shot, but something that captures the holiday weekend. I was set at ISO 100 (remembered!), F3.5 and a 1/10th shutter. I handheld the camera, but was basically resting on the table, so it was easy to get a clear shot. One more week left!?
“Stella”
Only a couple photos left to go for my year-long project! I’m both a bit sad and a bit excited to be wrapping it all up. With Christmas right around the corner, I figured it was about time for a holiday-inspired shot, so I set the camera up by our tree. This is an HDR merged shot from three different photos again as I have done in the past. I really like the way it brightens up the background, but the ornament is still nice and bright as well with out being blown out. This was a frosted glass ornament with a blue light behind it. Hope you have a great Holiday this year!
“Happy Holidays”
I decided to run out to Lake Sangchris this evening to go for some sunset pictures. Plus, it seemed fitting that a place where I started off my photo project should also get included in the end of my photo project. It was pretty cold out, so I didn’t stay out shooting too long, but I still got a decent set of pictures I liked. This shot was at F/4 with a 1/25th exposure, and hey, I even remembered to set the ISO down to 100. I only did a little post-processing on this which was basically a mild color saturation, just to make the setting sun’s colors pop a bit more.
“Sunset”
This one was an interesting set up. It involved a dark empty closet, some paint cans, and my equipment. It was fun playing around with different lighting angles, zooms, and camera settings. This shot was taken at F3.5, 1/1000 shutter. I used my remote trigger so I didn’t have to touch the camera. The remote trigger also made it easier to blow out the candle as I pressed the button. I ended up with over 170 shots, but ended up using this one because the smoke is lit the best and looked the coolest here.
“Extinguish”