Monday, March 30, 2009

U is for Umbrella

Camera: E-1
ISO: 200
Program: Aperture priority (exposure bias +0.30)
Aperture: f3.5
Shutter: 1/800
Focal length: 200mm


Another image for the alphabet book... not sure if I'll use this one exactly, I took about 20 - so many cute ones :D

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Mantis

Camera: E-3
ISO: 200
Program: Aperture priority (exposure bias 0.7)
Aperture: f4.0
Shutter: 1/400


Strange alien dude crash landed on my arm.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Cow

Camera: E-1
ISO: 400
Program: Aperture priority (exposure bias -0.3)
Aperture: f5.6
Shutter: 1/80
Focal length: 96mm

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

G is for Gumboots

Camera: E-1
ISO: 200
Program: Manual
Aperture: f4.0
Shutter: 1/160
Focal length: 57mm


Another image for the alphabet book.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

ISO 3200

Camera: E-1
ISO: 3200
Program: Manual
Aperture: f3.4
Shutter: 1/200
Focal length: 158mm

We were outside at dusk and I realised I hadn't taken today's photo - to take the opportunity to explore the noise level the E-1 produces at ISO 3200.
I deliberately underexposed the shot in camera, and then brought the exposure back up around 1.5 stops in Lightroom to accentuate the grain/digital noise. The compression here means it is not so obvious but viewing the full-size version the noise is quite bad!
To see it better, here is a 1:2 crop of the image. The first shows the digital noise/grain out of the camera. The second shows the same image with basic noise reduction applied in Adobe Lightroom.



Saturday, March 21, 2009

Z is for Zebras

Camera: E-1
ISO:200
Program: Manual
Aperture: f3.3
Shutter: 1/160
Focal length: 123mm


This is another image for the alphabet photobook.

Friday, March 20, 2009

M is for Milk

Camera: E-1
ISO: 200
Program: Manual
Aperture: f2.8
Shutter: 1/80
Focal length: 54mm


Another image for the alphabet book I am making.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Clever Girl

Camera: E-1
ISO: 100
Program: Manual
Aperture: f3.2
Shutter: 1/4000
Focal length: 101mm


I exposed for Jemima for this shot, who had the strong afternoon sun on her back, throwing the background into shadow.
Isn't she clever! She started pulling herself up on things a few days ago. Six and-a-half months.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

B is for Books

Camera: E-1
ISO: 200
Program: Manual
Aperture: f3.5
Shutter: 1/125
Focal length: 54mm
No flash


I am compiling a photo book for my Zara's birthday - it's an alphabet book made with photos I have taken. Starts at 'a' - and there will be say, four images of things starting with 'a', next page will be 'b', and so on...
So this is one of the 'b' images.
The DOF is a little shallow but I'm not piling those books up again!

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Ready Aim Fire!

Camera: E-1
ISO: 200
Program: Manual
Aperture: f3.5
Shutter: 1/800
Focal length: 200mm


Little terror tried to get me with the hose this morning!

Monday, March 16, 2009

Olympus

Camera: E-3
ISO: 100
Program: Manual
Aperture: f4.0
Shutter: 1/125
Focal length: 60mm

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Freaky Owl

Camera: E-1
ISO: 100
Program: Aperture priority, exposure bias -2/3
Aperture: f3.3
Shutter: 1/200
Focal length: 108mm

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Heaven

Camera: E-3
ISO: 100
Program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f8.0
Shutter: 1/200
Focal length: 21mm

Friday, March 13, 2009

Stalks

Camera: E-3
ISO: 100
Program: Manual
Aperture: f16
Shutter: 1/100
Focal length: 12mm


Saw really strange clouds, ran inside to get the camera, and of course by the time I came back out they weren't so weird anymore! But I shot them anyway.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

March 11

Camera: E-3
ISO: 250
Program: Manual
Aperture: f5.6
Shutter: 20 seconds
Focal length: 12mm


Totally ran out of inspiration for today's photo!
This was done with my mobile phone because I couldn't find a torch! It was a PITA because the screen kept turning off halfway through writing.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

QT

Camera: E-1
ISO: 100
Program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f3.0
Shutter: 1/80
Focal length: 63mm


Straight out of the camera.

Monday, March 9, 2009

Moon pony

Camera: E-1
ISO: 100
Program: Manual
Aperture: f8.0
Shutter: 5 seconds
Focal length: 56mm


Straight out of camera. I thought this cloud moving over the moon looked like a pony :D
Crappy pic of the day but I left it too late and it's all I've got for today.

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Dog and Sky

Camera: E-3
ISO: 200
Program: Aperture priority
Aperture:: f2.8
Shutter: 1/640
Focal length: 12mm

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Willows

Camera: E-3
ISO: 125
Program: Aperture priority
Aperture: 7.1 (not sure how it ended up there, this was a shot I wasn't prepared for, was in between adjusting the camera, and just had to grab it while I could!)
Shutter: 1/125
Focal length: 53mm


So I shot a wedding, have a had a flick through all the pics, but not really a chance to sit down and go through them all. I liked this one. Not my favourite from the day, and definitely far from technically perfect, but I think it has a nice feeling to it!

Friday, March 6, 2009

Puddy Tat

Camera: E-3
ISO: 100
Program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f4.0
Shutter: 1/640
Focal length: 60mm

Used an antique preset in Lightroom.

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Rainbow

Camera: E-3
ISO: 250
Program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f3.2
Shutter: 1/125
Focal length: 19mm


This just has to be today's image, I love sun flare, look, it made a rainbow! :D

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Nebula

Camera: E-3
ISO: 100
Program: Manual
Aperture: f3.4
Shutter: 1 second
Focal length: 26mm


Straight out of the camera apart from a crop.

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Vintage Flower

Camera: E-3
ISO: 1000 (playing with the camera to see how far I can push the ISO up)
Program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f3.8
Shutter: 1/1250
Focal length: 37mm


Decreased the vibrance and saturation for a vintage look.

Monday, March 2, 2009

TBA

Today's shot was again on film so it will have to wait :) Just a shot of the local courthouse as I drove by. Can only remember I'd set the aperture to f8.

Sunday, March 1, 2009

TBA

Today's photo is on film so I will scan it in in a week or two when I get the film developed and post it then.
I took three photos, of my bub sitting under a tree, one where the dog got in too :D Black and white film.
I know I will forget so the settings were:
ISO 400
Program: Manual
Aperture: f3.5
Shutter: 1/1000 (1st & 2nd), 1/500 (3rd) - I suspect the first two will be over-exposed, I wish I had a light meter!
Focal length: About 55mm