Laurie - Two Distinct Textures

I know we're only supposed to post one image, but I have to be honest and say that I wasn't really happy with what I shot during the morning, so I went back later in the day! I ended up spending about twenty minutes watching water scum! ISO 800, F/4.5, ss 1/640, fl 75mm.

Laurie - Someone Doing Something

This was one of the first pictures I took today. Although I tried to meter correctly, I still lost some of the details in the bench, but I still like the over all effect.
ISO 100, F/36, SS 1/8 sec. Focal length 100mm

Kathryn Kramer

Windy day with lots of clouds and rain. ISO 400, Shutter 1/2500 and aperture F4.2. The dark clouds coming and going made it hard for me to get a bright picture with depth of field. The sun peeked through the storm and I got this shot.

Eastern Washington Robbi Houser

I made some attempts at taking photos of the grass blowing over in spokane this weekend.... which completely failed, so as we were driving back today i saw the clouds and i love the fields over in eastern washington, so i started clicking photos out the window as my husband drove along. SOOOO you can see his hand in the reflection of the window (because driving down the highway at 80 mph isnt really condusive to rolling down the window)... but i don't mind the hand it kind of ads a little bit to the image and the impression of movement. Camera settings 1/50 F22.

Big Steps

I took this at my nephew's first birthday party. He is just learning how to walk and I was trying to pan with the motion, but it didn't work too well since he was moving so slow:). I forgot to check the shutter speed before uploading it.

Terri Perkins -- Splash

This picture was taken with my Nikon D90 in Shutter Priority, 1/1000 sec., f/5.6, ISO 200.

I was trying to freeze both the movement of the water from the fountain and the children playing. Unfortunately I also froze the movement of the cars moving through -- I would like this shot better with out them!

I liked this image in particular because of the story it tells. This is the beginning of the story. These children were captivated by the fountain and as I was leaving were thoroughly drenched!

Drums

I wanted to show a little less blur and more of the drumsticks, but the camera would not allow me to go higher on the shutter speed. It was taken in the daytime at shutter speed 1/4, F4, ISO 250, focal lenght 44mm. Diane Delgado

Mike "Speed"

This is definitely more difficult than it looks! I have a few that turned out pretty good, but this one really gives the feeling of movement. Shutter speed 1/4 second, ISO 200, F2.8.

Heather Olsen - Tree in the Fog

I took this photo outside my front door at about 5:30-5:45 in the morning. I looked out and saw the fog and loved the way the tree looked with the fog all around it and starting to get light out. I had my shutter set at 1/10 and the ISO at 100. I would love to try to get the shot again, but using a tripod so I could get a better shot and not have to worry about blurring the picture.

Lindie "Flags"

It took a lot of shots to get this picture and I'm still not satisfied. I took this last night during the wind storm, which was blowing so hard it shook the poles too. I had the camera sitting on a solid base but not on a tripod, which probably wouldn't have made much of a difference since the wind would have blown the tripod too. I would like to hear some suggestions how I could have improved this shot. I took it at shutter speed 8 seconds, F4, and ISO 200.

Hollie Graham Full Moon

This shoot was taken in front yard around 11pm, I had to change the shutter speed several times to find the right one. I chose 1/60 sec, f/22, and ISO of 400 while using a tripod and timer. I loved that the clouds looked like rushing water! I wanted to add more clarity and focus but my view finder is misleading.

Hollie Graham "Light My Fire"

This photo was taken in my backyard, of the bonfire. I had my husband stir the fire. While I had my camera on a tripod, and set the time so there was no vibration, with a shutter speed of 1/30 sec., f/22, ISO 1600. What I like about the photo was the spark tracers. When it came to choosing the shutter speed I wasn't sure what to use. I just chose one, and kept on changing until I found one I liked. It will take some time before I will be able to choose the right one. Practice, Practice and more Practice.

I shot these two photo one after another. The first has a shutter speed of 1/1600, ISO 1600, F4. The second has a shutter speed of 1/125, ISO 80, F7. I've often wondered how to make waterfalls look like this so I'm happy I know the secret now.

Jessica Simon - Panning With Motion

This picture was taken at the Central Pierce Fire & Rescue Firefighter Recruit Academy Graduation on Saturday (very proud of my friend Ronnie!). It was at a high school performing arts center and the lighting was dark with spotlights on the graduates and stage with the audience in darkness. This photo is one of the first pictures taken when the graduates first walked out and I was trying to get my camera adjusted to the lighting. Photo taken with my Canon 40D on TV with Shutter 1/20, f/9, ISO 1600, and the flash on. I finally got a setting to work on ISO High that I didn't need the flash for the remaining time. I like how my friend is in focus and the rest of the people are blurry. I had to crop out some heads in front of me, so I wish that I would have been more aware of that while taking the shot.

Night Lite

This light changes colors every second or so. Sitting in the dark in the dining room made this easier. This was shot at iso 100, shutter speed 1 second f/2.8. I like the jelly fish design and in the dark like this makes me think this is how a live one would see the ocean at night. I don't like the shiny bald spot on top though but it only got brighter in other shots I took when I was experimenting.

Leaves

I was trying to show the wind through the leaves. I didn't end up getting much movement in this picture, but really liked the light. Shutter 1/30; F/16.

Laurie O'Brien - Sprint

Taken on Sunday at about 10:30 a.m. ISO 200, SS 1/200, F/5.0, Focal Length 90mm.
I shoot at a lot of bike races and learning how to shoot a picture like this is one of the reasons I took this class!!! I shot about 95 pictures this morning and had fairly good success. The hardest part was not losing the subject of my pan and losing focus. I might try an even faster shutter speed next time to capture even more blur in the wheels.

Seagulls - April Karreci

Shutter 1/2000, ISO 1600, FS 5.6. I was focusing on the seagull getting ready to land and didn't even notice the duck diving below until I looked at it on my computer. I cropped out an extra dock and some other stuff, I wanted the focus to be on the bird landing and the bird diving. It was cloudy and kind of dark out, I just kept playing with the shutter and ISO and finally got something that wasn't too dark but also captured the bird in flight. I would have like to have had more color in the pictures, it is all a varying shade of gray and a little boring to me.

Simple

Moon

Terri Perkins "Bluebells"

This photo was taken with my Nikon D90 in my front yard. Aperture Priority, f/6.3, ISO-1000.



I wanted to emphasise the color blue by using the blue sky as the background color against the blue flowers. I tried to capture the bluebell in the upper left third of the photo as the focal point. I believe the histogram had a spike up the middle but I forgot to check it again before downloading the photo... oops!



I would probably compose this shot differently next time with a longer focal length --higher f/stop. The rain started falling after I took this shot so my experimentation session ended too soon!

Lindie “Piano Keys”

I took this picture in low indoor light at 400 ISO, F 3.1, 1/4 shutter speed, and on macro.

Mike McMahon - Coin

I took this picture to show aperture, you can see that the focal point is at the edge of the coin, and is out of focus half way up the coin. ISO 400, F2.8, 1/25 shutter speed.I had to use flashlights to light the edge of the coin since the lens blocked the ambient light.

Hollie Graham "New Life"

I took this picture up in Seattle at the Butterfly Expo in the Pacific Science Center. I could have spent the whole day there, following these beautiful creatures around. I used f/8 with an ISO of 800 and +1/3 exposure. I ended up over exposing and had to edit later.

Robbi Houser "the oak tree"

This oak tree is right accross from my house, and i love it.. but i still havn't quite figured out how to capture it. This was taken at about 730 in the evening, losing light pretty fast. Set at an F5, and an ISO of 400. I want to go back and bend down the grass in the front (that somehow i didn't notice) and focus more on the purple flowers in the background...

Heather Olsen - Apple Blossoms

I took this picture at f/5.6 and the ISO at 800 with the flash on. It was about 7:30 at night and getting darker when I saw how interesting the blossoms looked in the rain. I loved that you could look at the picture and see the raindrops on the blossoms so clearly. The histogram shows a spike in the darker tones. I would next time look more closely at the histogram and try to work more on the lighting. This picture was taken at my house.

Kathryn Kramer "On The Road"

Was trying to get a more blurred background. The ISO @ 100; 1/50 Shutter and F 11. The histogram Spiked in the middle and a little on both ends to about 1/2 up grid. The vehicle I was traveling in is going 28 mph while truck was going about 25 mph. Would like to know how to get a more blurred background & keep truck in focus! 1st time doing this!

Heather - tree rings

Playtime

I would not usually take a photo of a skateboard. Since I'm always moving it out of my way to pull in the garage, it caught my eye. I like the colorful shapes & lines. Shot at F6.3, 1/40 shutter speed, ISO 500, 105 mm . Histograham mostly even with a little more highlights to the left. Diana Delgado

Tricia Rapozo - Chester

f/6.3 ISO 1250. This was taken in my backyard, my cat decided to actually have a still moment. I decided to use a lower f/stop because he's sitting in gravel and I thought he would stand out more if the background was out of focus. The ISO was what came up automatically when I set the f/stop. I liked this setting best after playing around with a few others. What I would do differently is get lower to the ground so I'm looking at eye to eye.

Donna Wright a good ride

Spring

f5.7; ISO 200. I was experimenting and ended up liking this one.

April Karreci - Little Miss Procession

Procession of the Species, she was too cute! FS 5.6, ISO 200.

Mother Nature

f/8.0 ISO 100

It was very bright out, so I thought 100 could handle the light the best. The d.o.f. gave me pause for thought. Although I'm sure the actual depth of these clouds was in the miles, they were so far away from me that they looked very flat - rather like a painting - so I chose f/8. (I did not shoot a series using different f/stops and ISO.)

This was taken on Saturday at about 1:30 p.m. up at Marymoor Park in Redmond. The cloud formations were incredible that day. I have never tried to capture clouds, so I thought I'd give it a shot! I like the color palatte in this photo. It captures what it really looked like. In all honesty...I forgot to look at the histogram before I downloaded this to my computer!

Patterns

I liked the rain drops hitting the pond creating these circular patterns. F stop at 18 iso set at 800 shutter 1/125 sec. The histogram showed most sections being involved with it ending nicely at each side before getting to the edges. What I could do without is the shadow of the trees, I find it distracting and if I were a little taller it would provide a better view of the rings.

Bob Drewett

Is Spring in the Air?

Heather Olsen - Foreground Frame

Heather Olsen - Worm's Eye View

Heather Olsen - Fill The Frame

Kathryn Kramer

Linear Perspective

Kathryn Kramer

Rule of Thirds

Kathryn Kramer

Simplicity

Susan Lutz

Mike "Get Closer"

I tried to capture the amazing colors coming out in the dusk light.

Mike "Silhouette"

Mike "Subject Placement"

Lindie "Tapestry of Shapes"