PHOTOGRAPHY II
 
MARGARET'S
ASSIGNMENTS
  Assignment 6
  Assignment 5
  Assignment 4
  Assignment 3
  Assignment 2
  Assignment 1
PHOTOGRAPHY BASICS Assignments
Mini Exhibition
Al Mierau's Online Photography Classes
ASSIGNMENT 4: Night Shots, Sunsets, Landscapes
Photo 41a Night Shot Experiment - Sunset
House
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Location Front of House
Date/Time 7/06/2009 4:52:23 PM
Format 800x533 JPEG reduced at 60% quality from RAW, no post-processing
Camera Canon EOS Rebel XSi (450D)
Shooting Mode Program AE
Shutter 1/100
Aperture 6.3
ISO Speed 400
Lens EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Focal Length 18.0 mm
Flash Off
White Balance Auto
Focus One-Shot AF
Photo 41b Night Shot Experiment - Dusk 1
House at Dusk
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Location Front of House
Date/Time 7/06/2009 5:28:55 PM
Format 800x533 JPEG reduced at 60% quality from RAW, no post-processing
Camera Canon EOS Rebel XSi (450D)
Shooting Mode Program AE
Shutter 0.5
Aperture 3.5
ISO Speed 400
Lens EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Focal Length 18.0 mm
Flash Off
White Balance Auto
Focus One-Shot AF
Photo 41c Night Shot Experiment - Dusk 2
House
(click photo to enlarge)
Location Front of House
Date/Time 7/06/2009 5:42:16 PM
Format 800x533 JPEG reduced at 60% quality from RAW, no post-processing
Camera Canon EOS Rebel XSi (450D)
Shooting Mode Program AE
Shutter 2.5
Aperture 3.5
ISO Speed 400
Lens EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Focal Length 18.0 mm
Flash Off
White Balance Auto
Focus One-Shot AF
Photo 41d Night Shot Experiment - Dark
House
(click photo to enlarge)
Location Front of House
Date/Time 7/06/2009 5:56:11 PM
Format 800x533 JPEG reduced at 60% quality from RAW, no post-processing
Camera Canon EOS Rebel XSi (450D)
Shooting Mode Program AE
Shutter 2.5
Aperture 3.5
ISO Speed 400
Lens EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Focal Length 18.0 mm
Flash Off
White Balance Auto
Focus One-Shot AF
I found this experiment interesting. I put all lights on to see the impact.
Photo 42 Orange Sunset with Tree
Sunset
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Location Front of House
Date/Time 9/04/2009 7:14:23 PM
Format 800x533 JPEG reduced at 60% quality from RAW, no post-processing
Camera Canon EOS Rebel XT (300D)
Shooting Mode Program AE
Shutter 1/320
Aperture 9.0
ISO Speed 200
Lens 28-300mm (Tamron)
Focal Length 119.0 mm
Flash Off
White Balance Daylight
Focus AI Focus AF

COMMENTS
This is one of my earlier photos. Notice the bird on the tree. I like the colors of this sunset. Surprisingly the White Balance was on Daylight. I was lucky I guess.

Photo 43 Pink and Blue Sunrise
Sunrise
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Location Front of House
Date/Time 5/06/2009 7:17:08 AM
Format 800x533 JPEG reduced at 60% quality from RAW, no post-processing
Camera Canon EOS Rebel XSi (450D)
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Shutter 1/50
Aperture 6.3
ISO Speed 400
Lens EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Focal Length 27.0 mm
Flash Off
White Balance Auto
Focus One-Shot AF

COMMENTS
I have taken this picture in anticipation of assignment 4 before the notes were posted hence no knowledge of the White Balance significance. I was very tempted to do post-processing to enrich the colors but I should have used Cloudy.

Photo 44 Really Orange Sunset
Sunset
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Location Front of House
Date/Time 5/06/2009 5:01:40 PM
Format 800x533 JPEG reduced at 60% quality from RAW, no post-processing
Camera Canon EOS Rebel XSi (450D)
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Shutter 1/100
Aperture 20.0
ISO Speed 400
Lens 28-300mm (Tamron)
Focal Length 300.0 mm
Flash Off
White Balance Auto
Focus Manual focussing

COMMENTS
Again White Balance on Auto but this time the colors are quite rich.

Photo 45a Mist at Sunrise
Mist at Sunrise
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Location Back of House
Date/Time 6/06/2009 7:45:32 AM
Format 800x533 JPEG reduced at 60% quality from RAW, no post-processing
Camera Canon EOS Rebel XSi (450D)
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Shutter 1/80
Aperture 9.0
ISO Speed 800
Lens 28-300mm (Tamron)
Focal Length 28.0 mm
Flash Off
White Balance Auto
Focus AI Focus AF

COMMENTS
I was tempted to darken this one but left it unprocessed. I had problems with exposure on the new Rebel. Looking at ISO this may have been the problem.

Photo 45b Mist at Sunrise
Mist at Sunrise
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Location Back of House
Date/Time 6/06/2009 7:49:14 AM
Format 800x533 JPEG reduced at 60% quality from RAW, no post-processing
Camera Canon EOS Rebel XSi (450D)
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Shutter 1/100
Aperture 8.0
ISO Speed 400
Lens 28-300mm (Tamron)
Focal Length 28.0 mm
Flash Off
White Balance Auto
Focus AI Focus AF

COMMENTS
The exposure was better in this shot with lower ISO. Which shot is better for composition?

Photo 46 Landscape Detail - Reflections
Dam
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Location Small Dam
Date/Time 7/06/2009 1:04:22 PM
Format 800x533 JPEG reduced at 60% quality from RAW, no post-processing
Camera Canon EOS Rebel XSi (450D)
Shooting Mode Program AE
Shutter 1/320
Aperture 9.0
ISO Speed 200
Lens 28-300mm (Tamron)
Focal Length 130.0 mm
Flash Off
White Balance Auto
Focus Manual focusing

COMMENTS
Once I read the notes I took the camera and went for a walk around our block looking for interesting landscape details. The above and the remaining pictures are the result.

Photo 47 Landscape Detail - Surface
Dam
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Location Small Dam
Date/Time 7/06/2009 1:04:57 PM
Format 800x533 JPEG reduced at 60% quality from RAW, no post-processing
Camera Canon EOS Rebel XSi (450D)
Shooting Mode Program AE
Shutter 1/100
Aperture 5.6
ISO Speed 200
Lens 28-300mm (Tamron)
Focal Length 50.0 mm
Flash Off
White Balance Auto
Focus One-Shot AF

COMMENTS
This picture looks weird. Is it a bad or good photo? I could not decide. What do you think?

Photo 48 Landscape Detail - Grass
Dam
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Location Small Dam
Date/Time 7/06/2009 1:08:33 PM
Format 800x533 JPEG reduced at 60% quality from RAW, no post-processing
Camera Canon EOS Rebel XSi (450D)
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Shutter 1/160
Aperture 6.3
ISO Speed 200
Lens 28-300mm (Tamron)
Focal Length 300.0 mm
Flash Off
White Balance Cloudy
Focus Manual focusing

COMMENTS
I finally remembered to change White Balance to Cloudy. Has it made a difference to the colors?

Photo 49 Landscape Detail - Log
Log
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Location Our Block
Date/Time 7/06/2009 1:16:56 PM
Format 800x533 JPEG reduced at 60% quality from RAW, no post-processing
Camera Canon EOS Rebel XSi (450D)
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Shutter 1/200
Aperture 5.6
ISO Speed 200
Lens 28-300mm (Tamron)
Focal Length 109.0 mm
Flash Off
White Balance Auto
Focus Manual focusing

COMMENTS
As all landscape details the above is different from my usual shots. Is it an improvement or just weird? I could not decide. What do you think?


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