Wednesday, November 21, 2012

yellowstone pictures again

 This is a really cool log that was magically at the lake that was at the southern tip of the park.  it was so FREEZZZZING.  this ice that froze on the log was fantastic though.  the tone of this picture is very nice with the blues and aquas. i set this up so the log was diagonal and led into the picture.  the shutter speed was lowered here as well so that i could get the motion of the waves which i like.  my camera settings for this picture were aperature: 22, shutter speed: 1/8, ISO: 100, and focal length: 18 mm. 
this is a picture at one of the thermal feature sites that we walk around on the trail at.  this log was just really cool and it was in a water thing that curved in an S shape that leads into the photo.  i was using my polarizer for this photo.  my camera settings on my Canon EOS Rebel T3 were aperature: 22, shutter speed: 1/90, ISO: 800, and focal length: 18 mm.
-KEE

Thursday, November 8, 2012

First Semester Photos for Final Project in Photography

This was at two moon park in the waters of the Yellowstone River.  The camera settings on my Canon EOS Rebel T3 were, Aperature: 18, Shutter speed: 1/1250, ISO: 6400, and focal length: 45 mm.  if i took this picture again i would turn down the ISO and adjust the light accordingly. when i edited this photo i made the oranges slightly more vibrant and adjusted the exposure down just a touch.
This is also at two moon park.  this beaver den was left on the shore after the huge flooding in the park the summer beforehand.  i toned down the saturation in the greens on the front of the picture and turned up the saturation in the trees of the background.  the whole picture was also slightly overexposed so i fixed that.  my settings for this picture on my Canon EOS Rebel T3 were aperature: 13, shutter speed: 1/1250, ISO: 6400, and focal length: 20 mm.
This is my little Sprinkle :).  she was playing in the corn stalks one day so i decided to try to get a good photo of her.  i like that the stalks of the corn frame the picture and draw you into the main subject. i think i will crop this photo also a little bit in the foreground.  the settings on my Canon EOS Rebel T3 were aperature: 11, shutter speed: 1/350, ISO: 800, and focal length: 27 mm.
This is in my back yard with the fall leaves on the ground.  i liked the lighting and thought the picture would look cool.  the picture was a bit overexposed so i turned that down slightly and i also upped the green and orange saturation a little bit.  i also cropped the top portion so that only the leaves were the subject.  the settings on my Canon EOS Rebel T3 were aperature: 32, shutter speed: 1/30, ISO:3200, and focal length: 49 mm.
This photo is in my mother's flower garden on a fall day. i did not have a polarizer to use at this time of the photo so in lightroom i did my best to outline the petals and desaturate the yellow just slightly so there wasnt any glare on the yellow. i also thought the yellow beneath the flower was distracting so i desaturated that slightly.  there was a lighter color in the background and a distracting other flower behind this main one so i cropped those distracting elements out so the main focus could be on my pretty yellow flower.  my settings on my Canon EOS Rebel T3 were aperature: 4.5, shutter speed: 1/320, ISO: 100, and focal length: 30 mm.
This photo was on the rims the day after our first snow storm this year overlooking the city of Billings and the clouds were so beautiful that i couldnt help but stop and take a few pictures.  The sun is slightly overexposed but the sky's color is really beautiful.  i turned down the exposure a little bit on this photo and played with the blues only a little bit.  also sharpened the photo so the clouds would really stand out.  there was a phone pole in the photo originally too so i took that out in photo shop.  my settings on my Canon EOS Rebel T3 were aperature: 5.6, shutter speed: 1/4000, ISO: 400, and focal length: 18 mm.
This photo is from our Yellowstone National Park trip for the class on october 27-28th.  this one i like how the trees on the side fram the picture to make it seem like you are peeking in on a secret lake.  the greens were saturated a little bit more in this photo to make the green on the lake come out more.  my settings on my Canon EOS Rebel T3 were aperature: 22, shutter speed: 1/15, ISO: 200, and focal length: 18 mm.
This picture is also from the Yellowstone National Park trip.  i messed with the greens on this one but somehow it just doesnt look like Dave's version.  i feel like the photo looks like it is muted a bit and im just not really sure how to pull that feeling out and make this photo pop and really catch your eye.  this image looked really cool in real life and i like that i was able to capture the pretty trees and the green water thing next to them as well as the thermal feature too.  the composure of the image is nice i just feel like something is missing.  my settings on my Canon EOS Rebel T3 were aperature: 22, Shutter speed: 1/15, ISO: 200, and focal length: 20 mm. i did use a polarizer with this photo.
-KEE