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 5: Distortions, Light, Night, Colors
Photo 51 ISO Experiment
ISO
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Same setup except for ISO. The quality visibly deteriorates at 400 and over. Very noticeable at ISO 1600.
Photo 52a Perspective Distortion
House
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Location Front of House
Date/Time 9/06/2009 1:18:02 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 14.0
ISO Speed 200
Lens Tamron 10-24mm
Focal Length 10.0 mm
Flash Off
White Balance Auto
Focus AI Focus AF
Photo 52b Perspective Corrected
House
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I used Transform/Perspective in Photoshop Elements 7 to straighten vertical lines. Looks better but the Webber BBQ is very tiny, wrong proportion to the rest of the house.
Photo 53 Unusual Light
Light
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Location Front of House
Date/Time 9/06/2009 1:19:25 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 1/400
Aperture 14.0
ISO Speed 200
Lens Tamron 10-24mm
Focal Length 10.0 mm
Flash Off
White Balance Auto
Focus AI Focus AF
This is a very weird picture. Shot against the sun and then converted to B&W in Photoshop Elements 7. The light is very luminous.
Photo 54 Morning Fog
Fog
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Location Front of House
Date/Time 26/05/2009 9:47:20 AM
Format 800x533 JPEG reduced at 60% quality from RAW, no post-processing
Camera Canon EOS Rebel XT (300D)
Shooting Mode Program AE
Shutter 1/20
Aperture 32
ISO Speed 200
Lens 28-300mm (Tamron)
Focal Length 92.0 mm
Flash Off
White Balance Daylight
Focus AI Focus AF

COMMENTS
No matter what I did the photo of the fog did not match the real thing. I will have to keep on experimenting.

Photo 55 Bonfire
Bonfire
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Location At the Gate
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 Program AE
Shutter 1/250
Aperture 6.3
ISO Speed 200
Lens Tamron 18-270mm
Focal Length 270.0 mm
Flash Off
White Balance Cloudy
Focus One-Shot AF

COMMENTS
We have started to burn off before the next fire season. Let's hope we won't have the terrible fires ever again.

Photo 56 Colors at Night
Balcony at Night
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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 Manual Exposure
Shutter 30
Aperture 9.0
ISO Speed 100
Lens 28-300mm (Tamron)
Focal Length 28.0 mm
Flash Off
White Balance Flash
Focus Manual focusing

COMMENTS
I liked the colors on this night shot.

Photo 57a Colors - Red
Red Leaf
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Location Garden at the Museum of Modern Art
Date/Time 12/06/2009 3:10:29 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 4.5
ISO Speed 400
Lens 28-300mm (Tamron)
Focal Length 55.0 mm
Flash Off
White Balance Cloudy
Focus Manual focusing

COMMENTS
My favorite colors are autumn reds, oranges, yellows and greens.

Photo 57b Color - Green
Banksia
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Location Mornington
Date/Time 10/05/2009 4:36:38 PM
Format 800x533 JPEG reduced at 60% quality from RAW, no post-processing
Camera Canon EOS Rebel XSi (300D)
Shooting Mode Macro (Close Up)
Shutter 1/125
Aperture 5.6
ISO Speed 160
Lens 28-300mm (Tamron)
Focal Length 109.0 mm
Flash Off
White Balance Auto
Focus Manual focusing
Photo 57c Color - Orange
Leaf - Orange
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Location Side of House
Date/Time 14/06/2009 3:17:49 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 Shade
Focus Manual focusing
Photo 58 Experimenting in Photoshop
Leaf
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I came across this effect accidentally. I liked the colors.
Photo 59 Experimenting in Photomatix
Bonfire
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This is a merged image from 2 images taken at different exposures so that both the sky and the ground have good colors. The effect is incredible although rather unnatural. I like it!

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