In Training-Doreen Anderson

This is my horse Milo in the barn where he is stabled. I picked this photo only because it seemed to display motion the best. I had a difficult time adjusting the settings to create a photo that wasn't too dark or too blurry. I like that his upper body is clear,but his feet show rapid movement. I wish the trainer was a little sharper in focus.

ISO: 400
F: 4.5
Exposure: 1/20th
Manual exposure
Focal length: 85mm

I practiced panning at the dog park. Of course I ended up deleting 95% of them, but I got some lucky snaps. I think the top one with the Dalmation is the best one because of the look on the little dog's face. It makes me laugh. But the second one is of my beautiful baby boy Otto, tongue flying in the wind, eyes crossed. Maybe not the BEST one in general, but it's the best one to ME because of my relationship to the subject. Catching these dogs with a fast shutter speed was TONS OF FUN!!! The third one is of the fountain that is across from Percival Landing and the Oyster House. It was fun experimenting with viewing the water from different angles, trying to get reflections, or the Capitol building in the background, or simply water flying through the air against the blue sky. I like the patterns of flying water in this one.

Dalmation was taken in Shutter Speed Priority Mode, f-13, shutter speed 1/250, and ISO 400

Otto the Bernese Mountain Dog with Tongue was taken in Shutter Speed Priority Mode, f-10, 1/250 shutter speed, ISO 400

Fountain was taken in Shutter Speed Priority Mode, f-9, shutter speed 1/4000, ISO 400

I did not feel too comfortable trying to figure out the compensatory settings required for Manual Mode. One step at a time for me.

Mary - Spectral view

I was playing around on Friday night around 5:30 PM.  This was shot at ISO 80, f 5.6, 6 second exposure, tungsten.

S 1/160

F 6.3 

ISO100

S1/40

F16

ISO100

Svetlana. After learning new techniques how to shoot in bulb mode I went to practise it. I've been always fascinated by night lights.These three pictures were taken late in the evening . I used long time exposure 18 sec, F11, ISO 100. Actually it was shutter speeds of 'bulb'. To prevent blurring I used a tripod and shutter release remote.

Svetlana. Seagulls at lunch time.These two pictures were taken in fast shutter speed 1/1600. F 5.3. ISO 400. I used fast sutter speed to freeze the action and have sharp images of the birds.

Girl at park

Bill Anderson - Weeds

My wife Doreen liked this one.

f/5.3
ISO: 200
Focal Length: 42mm
White Bal: Auto
Histogram looked "good."

Doreen Anderson- Bird on rail

F/5.6

ISO: 200

Focal lenght: 300mm

Camera: Nikon D5100

Location: Olympia Farmer's Market/pier

Mare w Colt - Tumwater

This was my best picture this week, though it does not clearly demonstrate our assignment to practice with depths of field. Even though I was close to the statue, a wide aperture still focused on the mare's head and blurrred out the colt, which had been my intention. I don't know why I like this one better than a more evenly focused one, except that there is more contrast in this picture--as though the blur vs. focus added a greater dimension of color contrast.

Big lesson learned is that it pays to wait for good light conditions. (This was not one of those golden moments.)

From the Sea - Sandy

This was taken downtown at the marina.  Iso at 100 and AV set at 2.8.  I like the reflection in the water and the histogram was somewhat even.  I am not to thrilled with this photo, but it is one of the better ones I took today.  I may have taken the photo at a different angle to make it more interesting.

Bruce Smith - Egg with shadow

I tried this shot using different aperture and ISO settings and checked the histogram before and after each shot trying to get one I preferred for its focus on the subject, depth of tonal range, and detail in the light and dark areas.  This shot (with its slight blurring in the background) turned out to be the best, even though it's histogram still showed some loss of detail in the whitest areas on the egg.  It was shot from a tripod using a Panasonic Lumix f/1.7 20mm lens, wide open for 1/30th of a second with an ISO setting of 200 and White Balance on Manual.

Svetlana. I was experimenting with using different apertures to see how it affects the depth of field. The first picture was taken at f/5,6, ISO 200, 105 mm. I wanted the bird to be in focus and make background less destracting. But still I want the viewer to see some details of the port.The second shot was taken at f/3 to blur the background as much as possible (ISO 200, 105 mm).  The third photo was taken at f/1, low ISO, 85 mm. I tried to keep all the details sharp.

Hungry

Red Robin

 

Downtown

 

Capitol

 

Glenn Waugh

Childhood

Empty

Len -- Encased

Fire Engine Red

Ken - Heavy Head

Ken - Coming Home

Beth Oshiki--The Most Relaxing Place

YOU GUYS!!! I couldn't resist showing you all this other view of the two-day-old Sea Otter pup and Mama Otter. Look at his fat puppy flippers! So...I'm thinking that this would be better cropped, and that we can stand to lose Mama Otter's feet in order to put more focus on their faces and the baby's flippers.

Landscape Format

by Bill Anderson

Just one of the compositional considerations I had to choose from. This is really just an action shot of my son, on the right, blocking.

What is This?

by Bill Anderson

I liked the blue colors, tho the yellowish blob's color isn't really as vibrant as I'd like.

Spring in Winter - Simplicity

by Doreen Anderson

Part of the image was cropped-out resulting from resizing process for upload. I would have preferred the full-sized image.

Furry - Doreen Anderson

Beth Oshiki--Dreaming

Two-day-old Sea Otter pup floating on Mama's tummy

Best Photo Scavenger Hunt image -- Beth Oshiki -- Drink

Beth Oshiki -- Testing the file resize__Seattle Aquarium wall sculpture

--Beth Oshiki --  Testing the resizing __ Seattle Aquarium wall sculpture

Mary -- What is it?