August 2008 - Photo assignment #2 - Summer photography

[baddness]

Sony G lens 70mm to 300mm shot at 1/125 second at f. 5.6.

Tegan

I used my 75-300 canon to capture the full moon when I last seen one, past spring. Since summer came so hasn't the fog. But, it came out fuzzy, I was hand holding it to. I will have to remember the settings that you used and try it again when the fog clears or when winter comes, whichever comes first. I'm going to use my tripod to

[tegan]

I used my 75-300 canon to capture the full moon when I last seen one, past spring. Since summer came so hasn't the fog. But, it came out fuzzy, I was hand holding it to. I will have to remember the settings that you used and try it again when the fog clears or when winter comes, whichever comes first. I'm going to use my tripod to

I have been lucky enough to have missed the fog during my shooting in Cape Breton and New Brunswick this summer, even though I spent most of my time in coastal areas.

Tegan

[baddness]

The fog seems to be hanging around south west Nova Scotia.
We manufacture it

[kiley9806]

This is one of my favorites of the summer. The upstretched arms are that of my daughter, looking to Uncle Paul to pick her up while casting her Spongebob fishing rod. She's not yet 2, you really can't blame her...

[Bahandi]

beautiful capture, kiley.

the silhouettes seem blurry to me though.. anyone else seeing it or have I played to many video games tonight?

[tegan]

I like the shot, but a few suggestions for sunsets:

When shooting toward the sun a square neutral grad filter will bring more light and detail into your foregrounds which are an important part of your image.

On the photo, I would consider trying a lower camera angle to the right and use a fill flash set for -2 stops and set the colour balance to warm, or put something orange over the flash. The challenge is to make the little bit of fill flash defining the silhouettes look like sunlight. Less complicated even than this is to use a diffuse camplight out of the frame to bring more detail into the foreground.

Tegan

[kiley9806]

good tips - thanks tegan. i'll have to go pickup some filters sooner or later... i have none actually, since the polarizing one i bought previous to the d80 is the wrong size.