Week 13 Shallow Depth of Field

This week's project was shallow Depth of field. (I am a little behind with posting, this was from a couple weeks ago.)  Shallow Depth of field refers to the area that is in focus.... the depth of the amount in focus is small, leaving a blurry background and/or foreground.  There are several factors that go into this, these being the most common: aperture, focal length, and distance to subject.  Most photographers think of aperture right away, but I decided to use the other two factors to achieve shallow depth of field this time.

ISO 400, F7.1, 1/125 105 mm lens

ISO 200, F8, 1/500 105 mm lens

ISO 200, F8, 1/250 105 mm lens

ISO 400, F8, 1/320 105 mm lens

Week 12 - Signs of Spring

This week was unusually warm in Michigan!  It brought spring to the area.  It was also the first day of spring this week on the calendar.  So, what better topic to photograph than "signs of spring"?

ISO 1000, F5, 1/125, 105 mm macro lens

ISO 800, F3.5, 1/125, 105 mm macro lens

ISO 400, F7.1, 1/200, 105 mm macro lens

ISO 200, F8, 1/200, 105 mm macro lens

ISO 800, F11, 1/125, 105 mm macro lens

ISO 400, F9, 1/200, 105 mm macro lens

ISO 400, F5, 1/200, 105 mm macro lens

ISO 800, F6.3, 1/125, 105 mm macro lens

ISO 800, F6.3, 1/125, 105 mm macro lens

Week 11 - Hotel

This week I was at a hotel for two nights, so I decided to make that my project for the week!  I went around the hotel to see what I could find...

ISO 800, F2.8, 1/125, 28-70 lens at 70mm

ISO 200, F4.5, 1/200, 28-70 lens at 70mm

ISO 500, F2.8, 1/100, 28-70 lens at 70mm

ISO 500, F2.8, 1/100, 28-70 lens at 70mm

ISO 500, F2.8, 1/50, 28-70 lens at 70mm

ISO 5000, F2.8, 1/20, 10.5 mm lens

ISO 3200, F2.8, 1/30, 10.5 mm lens

Week 10 Black and White

I took these pictures on my girlfriends getaway weekend!

ISO 200, F4, 1/100, 28-70 lens at 70mm

ISO 800, F3.5, 1/100, 28-70 lens at 70mm

ISO 800, F3.5, 1/100, 28-70 lens at 70mm

ISO 800, F3.5, 1/100, 28-70 lens at 70mm

ISO 800, F3.5, 1/100, 28-70 lens at 45mm

Week 9 Food

I thought I would have lots of opportunity to take pictures of food this week, but at the end of the week I found I didn't get my camera out much!

ISO 1600, F2.8, 1/40, 28-70 lens at 70mm 

ISO 400, F4, 1/80, 105 mm lens

ISO 400, F2.8, 1/80, 50mm lens

ISO 400, F2.8, 1/80, 50mm lens

Week 8 - Cemeteries

This week's topic was cemeteries.  It was actually kind of fun.  I had time to visit 4 different cemeteries on 2 different days.  It was very interesting looking at the different markers, and wondering about them.

ISO 400, F4, 1/250, 70-200 lens at 135 mm

ISO 400, F3.5, 1/125, 70-200 lens at 70 mm

ISO 400, F4, 1/400, 28-70 lens at 28mm

ISO 400, F4, 1/400, 70-200 lens at 190 mm

ISO 400, F4, 1/400, 70-200 lens at 200 mm

ISO 400, F4.4, 1/400, 70-200 lens at 120 mm

ISO 200, F9, 1/200, 28-70 lens at 62 mm

ISO 200, F4, 1/400, 70-200 lens at 190 mm

ISO 200, F4, 1/200, 28-70 lens at 65 mm

ISO 200, F4, 1/500, 70-200 lens at 200 mm

Week 7 - Guess What?

I had fun with my project 52 this week!  The theme was "Guess what?"  I didn't plan on this, but I ended up using my macro lens for all of these.  I think the little details of things are sometimes hard to guess.  I am sure some of these will be easy, and some will be hard.  Enjoy!

ISO 200, F40, 4 seconds 105mm macro lens

 ISO 200, F40, 2 seconds 105mm macro lens

ISO 200, F8, .5 seconds 105mm macro lens

ISO 200, F8, .3 seconds 105mm macro lens

ISO 400, F8, 1/200, 105mm macro lens

ISO 200, F45, 1.6 seconds 105mm macro lens

ISO 200, F44, 4 seconds 105mm macro lens

ISO 200, F16, 1/4, 105mm macro lens

ISO 200, F16, 1/4 seconds 105mm macro lens

ISO 200, F40, .6 seconds 105mm macro lens

ISO 200, F14, 1/13 seconds 105mm macro lens