This gallery is a complete chronicle of my 40th year, starting on my birthday in 2008. I posted one photo each day for a year. The photo-a-day project continues in this gallery here.
May 1, 2009; Day 364.
Pawns of a Feather.
Today I spent a little time catching up in my Joy of Photography class. The week 5 assignment is due on Sunday; I have not yet submitted anything beyond week 1. How easily I can fall behind if I’m not careful. Week 2 covered the aperture priority mode. In this shot, I’m using my 70-210mm lens with all 3 extension tubes mounted. I’m using the lens zoom to focus. Out here at 180mm, the maximum aperture is about f/5. However, with the extension tubes, the lens starts to behave like a macro lens and depth of field gets very thin. Here I’m at f/16, and it’s obvious that I'm isolating a single pawn.
These pieces are facing a north window, so there’s plenty of diffuse white light coming in. There is no monochrome conversion here; these are pewter pieces shot in front of white foam board. The camera is a bit too low to make out the kneeling position in which these pieces are posed. I was deliberately trying to avoid the board, but I think the pose may help this shot and will likely experiment some more.
Week 3 is all about motion. I hope to work on those throughout the remainder of the weekend.
Raw: Color Temperature: 5150K; Tint: 7
PS: Crop: 9.2MP
PS: Clone Stamp tool to remove the edge of the white foam board (dang 95% viewfinder!)
PS: Curves: Medium Contrast preset
PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
Pawns of a Feather.
Today I spent a little time catching up in my Joy of Photography class. The week 5 assignment is due on Sunday; I have not yet submitted anything beyond week 1. How easily I can fall behind if I’m not careful. Week 2 covered the aperture priority mode. In this shot, I’m using my 70-210mm lens with all 3 extension tubes mounted. I’m using the lens zoom to focus. Out here at 180mm, the maximum aperture is about f/5. However, with the extension tubes, the lens starts to behave like a macro lens and depth of field gets very thin. Here I’m at f/16, and it’s obvious that I'm isolating a single pawn.
These pieces are facing a north window, so there’s plenty of diffuse white light coming in. There is no monochrome conversion here; these are pewter pieces shot in front of white foam board. The camera is a bit too low to make out the kneeling position in which these pieces are posed. I was deliberately trying to avoid the board, but I think the pose may help this shot and will likely experiment some more.
Week 3 is all about motion. I hope to work on those throughout the remainder of the weekend.
Raw: Color Temperature: 5150K; Tint: 7
PS: Crop: 9.2MP
PS: Clone Stamp tool to remove the edge of the white foam board (dang 95% viewfinder!)
PS: Curves: Medium Contrast preset
PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
May 1, 2009; Day 364.
Pawns of a Feather.
Today I spent a little time catching up in my Joy of Photography class. The week 5 assignment is due on Sunday; I have not yet submitted anything beyond week 1. How easily I can fall behind if I’m not careful. Week 2 covered the aperture priority mode. In this shot, I’m using my 70-210mm lens with all 3 extension tubes mounted. I’m using the lens zoom to focus. Out here at 180mm, the maximum aperture is about f/5. However, with the extension tubes, the lens starts to behave like a macro lens and depth of field gets very thin. Here I’m at f/16, and it’s obvious that I'm isolating a single pawn.
These pieces are facing a north window, so there’s plenty of diffuse white light coming in. There is no monochrome conversion here; these are pewter pieces shot in front of white foam board. The camera is a bit too low to make out the kneeling position in which these pieces are posed. I was deliberately trying to avoid the board, but I think the pose may help this shot and will likely experiment some more.
Week 3 is all about motion. I hope to work on those throughout the remainder of the weekend.
Raw: Color Temperature: 5150K; Tint: 7
PS: Crop: 9.2MP
PS: Clone Stamp tool to remove the edge of the white foam board (dang 95% viewfinder!)
PS: Curves: Medium Contrast preset
PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
Pawns of a Feather.
Today I spent a little time catching up in my Joy of Photography class. The week 5 assignment is due on Sunday; I have not yet submitted anything beyond week 1. How easily I can fall behind if I’m not careful. Week 2 covered the aperture priority mode. In this shot, I’m using my 70-210mm lens with all 3 extension tubes mounted. I’m using the lens zoom to focus. Out here at 180mm, the maximum aperture is about f/5. However, with the extension tubes, the lens starts to behave like a macro lens and depth of field gets very thin. Here I’m at f/16, and it’s obvious that I'm isolating a single pawn.
These pieces are facing a north window, so there’s plenty of diffuse white light coming in. There is no monochrome conversion here; these are pewter pieces shot in front of white foam board. The camera is a bit too low to make out the kneeling position in which these pieces are posed. I was deliberately trying to avoid the board, but I think the pose may help this shot and will likely experiment some more.
Week 3 is all about motion. I hope to work on those throughout the remainder of the weekend.
Raw: Color Temperature: 5150K; Tint: 7
PS: Crop: 9.2MP
PS: Clone Stamp tool to remove the edge of the white foam board (dang 95% viewfinder!)
PS: Curves: Medium Contrast preset
PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur