hart plaza fountain

f/8.0 - 1/100 - 35mm - ISO 200


f/8.0 - 1/250 - 17mm - ISO 200

tiny pine cone

f/2.8

1/80

100mm macro

ISO 200

ramp it up

f/2.8

1/400

17mm

ISO 200

pretty kitty

f/1.8

1/15

50mm

ISO 400

Mackinac Bridge

f/11.0 - 1/250 - 50mm - ISO 100

silhouette

Trying out my new remote

f/4.0

1/20

50mm

ISO 800

my sis

So I really know nothing about taking pictures of people (it's definitely not the easiest thing in the world), but here was my first attempt, and my sister, Sarah, was my subject. I know full sun isn't necessarily the best thing, but I was having trouble with the lighting in general. And I chopped a few hands and feet here and there, but oh well, you make mistakes, learn from them and move on.

f/3.5 - 1/3200 - 18mm - ISO 400


f/5.6 - 1/500 - 55mm - ISO 400
and I know...I chopped the feet

f/2.8 - 1/800 - 100mm - ISO 400

this one was taken in the shade - I just thought it was a cute one

f/2.8 - 1/4000 - 100mm - ISO 400

yup...chopped the hand. And for some reason, she had her hand behind her back in a few of the shots...guess that's just where she likes it to be lol.

f/2.8 - 1/8000 - 100mm - ISO 320

self portrait

Not an easy thing to do...and I'm not even totally happy with how it turned out, but I have to use the natural daylight when I can. And we only have like 2 windows I can actually use, so it makes for some challenges. I converted it to black and white too.




f/3.5
1/100
ISO 400
18 mm

Pics from 8 Feb 09

So I was able to get out again yesterday and take some pictures. I shot in manual most of the time, so I got to play around with some of the settings. And can I just say that my hands were ice cubes when I was done?



I told Jim he's going to have to learn how to use the camera too since I want to be in the pics sometimes :o)


I thought this was cool...I was able to get the sun shining through a window


This was an action I applied in Photoshop - thought it was kind of cool

Pics from 7 FEB 09

These are pics that I posted on my other blog, but I figured I'd transfer them over here.

Here's a pier at a local park...
adjusted levels


...and a B&W conversion I did applying a gradient and then playing with the levels to achieve a nice contrast


And here's the ice
adjusted the levels and bumped up the blue color a little


and of course one of my cat (SOOC)