Well, after successful completion of my first assignment, I felt it was important for me to review my work to date and see if I can continue to improve, not just by following the guidelines in the book, but also reviewing what I had done to date.
I am very pleased with some of my shots I have previously taken, however I noticed that many of them were in ‘my comfort zone’ so i decided to set myself the personal challenge of at least pushing myself on occasion to find new subjects I wouldn’t normally shoot.
Therefore on this exercise, as well as others coming up I am sure, I have made conscious decisions to actually travel around the beautiful part of the country I live, exploring the county as I never have before, photographing what it has to offer along the way. I will also be using some shots taken indoors, as again this is perhaps the one place I ‘forget’ to consider when looking for suitable subjects.
Subjects here are, my son’s eye, an early attempt at macro, a bee in my local park and finally my other son exploring the woods!
Equipment used.
These shots were taken handheld, no tripod used, except for the eye shot.
Camera: Canon 500D
Lenses: Canon 18mm-55mm
Tamron 70mm-300mm (macro switch)
Settings and results.
Setting: Aperture Priority
Focal Length: 300mm
Equivalent in 35mm: 476mm
Shutter Speed: 1/13
Aperture: f/8
Flash: Not Used
Metering: Matrix
ISO: 1600
White Balance: Auto
IMG: IMG5847eFocal Length: 300mm
Equivalent in 35mm: 476mm
Shutter Speed: 1/400
Aperture: f/5.6
Flash: Not Used
Metering: Matrix
ISO: 100
White Balance: Manual
IMG: 5902Setting: Shutter Priority
Focal Length: 70mm
Equivalent in 35mm: 111mm
Shutter Speed: 1/100
Aperture: f/4
Flash: Not Used
Metering: Matrix
ISO: 100
White Balance: Manual
Findings and conclusion.
Well leaving my comfort zone was quite a challenge, but I think it can be seen in the results...well worth it. IMG3766, a macro shot of my son’s eye, being one of my first attempts at macro, I think proved a success. The point being the eye, set upon a plain background being the skin, is enough of a contrast to make this successful. The point here is placed pretty central to the frame, which tends not to work in most cases, yet I feel in this instance, perhaps this is one of those cases where this is the exception to the rule. The eye has some wonderful curves and features and this is ever so slightly placed at an angle within the frame, creating in my opinion a bit more movement.
IMG5847e, the bee collecting, again is another attempt at macro, which again I feelwas successful and produced a wonderful result. The shot was taken whilst out walking and I am very pleased with the detail captured as this was taken free hand (no tripod) and I also shot this one in full manual mode!! As you can see the point in this shot is clearly the bee and is slightly off centre, adding movement by drawing the eye to the bee in all its glory.
Finally, IMG5902. This is my other son exploring, on his very first trip to the woods. He is crouching down looking around and I captured the moment, as he stands out beautifully from his surroundings. I never considered using a person as a point whilst completing this exercise, however once I saw this shot then took it, I realised that it can work extremely well. I placed him as close to the edge as I could without losing any of the other detail in the shot and having the fallen tree leading you in to the picture adds to the effect.
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