Wendy you know me well!! She knows I'll take loads (and loads!) of shots until I get the right one. Her challenge was to compose and use manual camera settings to get an artistic shot- in just one go.
Well wendy you had me moving around my studio , trying out all three of my tripods (I know, who knew I owned that many and am always so reulctant to use them!) and faffing about with props to copy this .
It was taken in just one shot (as it it was the last on a roll of 12 film) and has not been processed or editted in any way- not even a crop.
@365anne I'm doing an amazing photography course that Diana @ludwigsdiana told me about, it's totally free, you get an email a week, but no worries if you don't do it. I have learnt sooooooooooooooo much and understand so much more since starting it in April. It's also reignited my enthusaism- also doing this has stopped me doing essential things like housework, shopping and other stuff I save for my day off!
Thank you both, I'm off out to cut the grass now before the rain comes back
This is so super - your composition is excellent!
I find this exercise really opens your eyes to see things and forces you to automatically think about your settings ... which really helps when you do not have time to set up or compose ... such as in street photography or other action shots.
And, as you know, just putting the camera on auto or priority will give you a perfectly exposed shot but not necessarily an artistic one that is pushed to high or low key (or other technique required to get artistic).
I usually pre-set my settings by guessing the conditions before I start shooting (I do not always get them right) but sometimes get some really great results.
I thought that my barn picture called 'Thunder Rolls' needed a high ISO so I pre-set it at 640 and I could have got away with about ISO 250 with the same result by slowing my shutter speed. I used the grid on the back of the camera to give me an indication of what shutter speed was proper and then increased it for the drama.
So - try your mandolin in low key with a darker background or maybe your white flower in high key?
OK I've just signed up for the September start as I've heard this mentioned a few times. Having just done a 5 week course at my local camera shop, I'm ready to really start learning!
@maggiemae I hope to do amacro of it tomorrow if ebay send me my extension tubes on time!! @summerfield thank you, it took an age to set up and I'm not hppy with the PoV but i learnt a lot from the challenge @salza very kind thanks
Thank you both, I'm off out to cut the grass now before the rain comes back
I find this exercise really opens your eyes to see things and forces you to automatically think about your settings ... which really helps when you do not have time to set up or compose ... such as in street photography or other action shots.
And, as you know, just putting the camera on auto or priority will give you a perfectly exposed shot but not necessarily an artistic one that is pushed to high or low key (or other technique required to get artistic).
I usually pre-set my settings by guessing the conditions before I start shooting (I do not always get them right) but sometimes get some really great results.
I thought that my barn picture called 'Thunder Rolls' needed a high ISO so I pre-set it at 640 and I could have got away with about ISO 250 with the same result by slowing my shutter speed. I used the grid on the back of the camera to give me an indication of what shutter speed was proper and then increased it for the drama.
So - try your mandolin in low key with a darker background or maybe your white flower in high key?
@joansmor it's ok,thank you
@farmreporter I've done a lot of low and high keys lately, that's why I did a still life.
@mittens thank you v much
@summerfield thank you, it took an age to set up and I'm not hppy with the PoV but i learnt a lot from the challenge
@salza very kind thanks