Three Techniques

"Military Park Cemetery" - Cary

This ginko tree in the Military Park Cemetery is usually a great subject for fall color but this year's wet, wet fall didn't bring out the yellows like it normally does. However, the large trunk and branches still made for a good 'lit from behind' subject I thought. Other techniques in this shot include 'rule of thirds' and 'magic hour' composition. As a point of interest, it was right after this shot that I discovered the housing of the articulating LCD screen on my camera was coming apart. It was a very long week without my camera while it was fixed.

E-3 w/ 12-60mm @ 27 mm, 1/80 sec @ f/8, ISO 100 and broken LCD

"My Mother" - Lisa

Lines; Depth of Field; Mostly Monochramatic

"Reception Flowers" - Aaron

I saw these flowers at the Marriott last week and I thought I'd use them for this assignment. I guess I was trying too hard because I was trying not to use lens effects but just strict compositional elements. So my elements are symmetry, rule of thirds, and leading lines. Depth of field, clearly, is at play as well. I bet you could rotate it clockwise and make a good face and flower monster out of it, too.

f/4.5, 1/15 sec, ISO-640, 29mm

"give me an 'A'" - Kirk
Leading lines, wide depth of field, long exposure. I was hoping to show more motion on the A-string, but I guess you get what you get.
40mm, f/22, 4.0sec

"Forrest Mushroom" - Mike
Rule of Thirds, Shallow Depth of Field, Macro
This might qualify for leading lines as well. Saw this neat mushroom while camping with the Boy Scouts.
55 mm, f/9, 1/40 sec., ISO 200


"Flying Away" - Matt
Deep depth of field, long exposure, leading lines. This one's composition turned out how I wanted, but lacked on the lighting side. I ended up with a pretty grainy picture. Still, I thought it was a fun idea.
24mm, f/27, 1.5sec

Bonus Pics:

"Balconies at Night" - Aaron

There were lots of good pictures to be had while I was in Memphis last week.

"Giant Slinky" - Aaron

This is the bridge over the Mississippi, viewed from the conference facility.

"A Good Day to be a Chicken" - Cary

At this time of year it pays to not be a turkey. My brother has some very colorful chickens at his place in Texas. My kids had a great time trying to catch them. I was happy to have my camera fixed and back in my possession.

E-3 w/ 12-60mm @ 60mm, 1/250 sec @ f/5.6, ISO 100 and repaired LCD (yea!)

Next Week's Challenge:

Southern Shots
25 November 2009 - Weekly Photo Challenge: "Still Water"
Due: 1 December 2009

Find a body of water, man made, self made, or natural and get an interesting shot. I suppose you could say a water drop would be "still" but my thought here is to use the body of water more like a mirror.

-Kirk

Emotion Without Faces

"Doh!" - Cary

These items were on the counter when I noticed that with a little re-arranging.... By the way, these items are sitting on a piece of tile from our new kitchen floor which is what Angie and I have been doing over the past several days and is the reason for my late post.

E-3 w/ 12-60mm @ 19mm, 1/60 sec @ f/8, bounce flash (off ceiling)

"Click" - Matt
It's funny how many faces you start seeing when you pay attention.
38mm, f/6.7, 4sec

"mr. froggy comes to town" - Kirk
I have always made fun of this purse of Melena's but when I decided what the challenge would be this week I knew I wanted to try and use it if possible.
35mm, 1/5 sec, f/5.0

"Hooray for Toothbrushes!" - Mike
45 mm, f/16, 1/5 sec., ISO 800


"Me Hungry!" - Aaron
F/5.7, 1/64 sec, 55mm, ISO-1600

Next Week's Challenge:
Southern Shots
11 November 2009 - Weekly Photo Challenge: "Three Techniques"
Due: 18 November 2009

Focus on tacking an image that uses three of the rules of composition, rule of thirds, leading lines, shallow depth of field, etc. Make sure you state which techniques you use in your image.

Bonus Pics:

"Tired Truck" - Cary

Saw this "tired face" truck during the week when looking for faces. It looks like it's getting a well deserved rest.

E-3 w/ 12-60mm @ 23mm, 1/40 sec @ f/8, ISO 100

"Ginko Yellow" - Cary

I love fall color and it's finally arriving here in Vicksburg, a few trees at a time. Ginkos are almost Aspen-like in their yellow-ness. They look great against a deep blue sky.

E-3 w/ 12-60mm @ 16mm, 1/125 sec @ f/8, ISO 100, Cir. Polarizer

"Maple Orange" - Cary

This maple is always a reliable subject for fall color. I drive past it every time I leave my house so I try to time my shot for best color, light and sky.

E-3 w/ 12-60mm @ 17mm, 1/320 sec @ f/8, ISO 100

"Fall Leaves" - Aaron

These pretty trees were at Wal-Mart.

f/5.0, 131mm, 1/200 sec, iso-100

"Mums in the Morning" - Aaron

1/320 sec, f/5.7, 250mm, iso-100

Rule of Thirds

"Ghostly Pumpkin" - Aaron

This pumpkin was carved by the young men/young women in our ward. It was supposed to be delivered to one of the older single ladies in the ward (Sis. Cochran) but she was out of town for Halloween. I took this picture before I tossed it since it was going bad. I hope she likes the picture of her pumpkin!

47mm, f/5.6, 5 sec, ISO-500

"Here I Am" - Matt

I came back from Indiana on Wednesday, and didn't have time to get this up. Not quite thirds, but close enough.

1/90sec, 50mm, f/2

"Old Oil Can" - Mike
This is one of the more interesting items I have found in my new "magic" attic, also known as the Room of Requirement. Most of the time if we need something we go look in the attic and sure enough what we need is there, courtesy of the previous owners.
55 mm, 1/3 sec., f/5.6, ISO 800

"Daddy-Daughter date" - Melena
We took Ella to a Halloween display this past weekend. I was hoping to get a picture while we were out. While going through my shots I was adjusting all of the shots taken and realized that this shot was the best of the bunch. I had to crop it down to make it fit the category, but I think it makes a stronger composition as shown.
18mm, 1/125 sec, f /5.6, ISO 200

"1/3 Cup" - Cary
I think I might be interpreting these themes incorrectly. By the way, no fair posting such great fall color, Lisa - we've still got lots of green leaves here.
E-3 w/ 12-60mm @ 20mm, 1/60 sec @ f/3.5, ISO 100, bounce flash



"Refection of Fall " By Lisa
I had to saturate this photo a tiny bit to get it to look like what I was seeing when I took this picture. Why is it that a camera cannot capture exactly what the eye sees? I even had my settings set on VIVID.

Next Week's Challenge:
Southern Shots
4 November 2009 - Weekly Photo Challenge: "Emotion without faces"
Due: 11 November 2009

I thought of calling this faces without faces, but decided to make it more open. I saw a really neat commercial that used stills of different everyday objects forming happy and sad faces. I thought it would be fun to try and recreate something similar for our challenge.

Bonus Pics:

"Yellow Morning" - Cary

One morning last week, the sun and a fog bank were battling for supremacy and the result was very yellow. Shortly after this picture was taken the fog bank won the battle and turned everything grey... but then lost the war.
E-3 w/ 12-60mm @ 60mm, 1/640 sec @ f/8, ISO 100

"Blue, Green, and Yellow" - Aaron

I thought this would be a fun abstract picture. I had my son swing some glow sticks around while I took a long-shutter picture.

2 sec, f/5.7, 47mm, ISO-1600