Working on Lesson 4 also....What do you think?

[mj702002]

F 5.6
Shooting Date/Time
6/17/2009 05:12:22
Tv(Shutter Speed)
1/200Sec.
Av(Aperture Value)
F5.6
Metering Modes
Evaluative metering
Exposure Compensation
0
ISO Speed
1600
Lens
EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Focal Length
135.0 mm

http://www.proudphotography.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=153&pictureid=957

Shooting Date/Time
6/17/2009 05:11:46
Tv(Shutter Speed)
0.3Sec.
Av(Aperture Value)
F36
Metering Modes
Evaluative metering
Exposure Compensation
0
ISO Speed
1000
Lens
EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Focal Length
135.0 mm
http://www.proudphotography.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=153&pictureid=958

[CallMeNovice]

Hi MJ. I'm only on Lesson7 myself, so I'm still not great at critiqueing with any meaning, but I'll try.

The two pictures show the difference that the variance in aperture makes, but I think that the lower picture is slightly out of focus, and both seem to be cropped too tightly at the top (both are missing the top of the plant)

Hope this helps (?)

[mj702002]

Hmm...I was strictly thinking about the point of the lesson- using the aperature, but the reason for the top of the plant being cut off is that it is a hanging plant that I set there for the photo and I didn't want to get the hanger part in it :)
I did retake the photos this morning as I was looking at them and thought if I had more of the van in the background it would make the point of the different settings of the aperture stand out a bit more...What do you think?

http://www.proudphotography.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=153&pictureid=960

http://www.proudphotography.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=153&pictureid=959

[CallMeNovice]

yes, I like your second attempt better than the first. I think because the plant is almost using the "rule of thirds" rule (which is in lesson 5, i think). It makes the picture more interesting. I think I would still show more at the top of the plant (even if it has part of the hanger in the picture)...it will not look like you've chopped a part of the picture off.

Also, just FYI, the subject for the two shots does not have to be the same. This was something that I specifically asked when I was doing the assignment. I took lots and lots of pictures of the same subject at all different apertures, then reviewed the difference the aperture made between them... but for my submission, I chose pictures with two separate subjects.

[mj702002]

I moved the plant and cropped it for these two:

http://www.proudphotography.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=153&pictureid=962

http://www.proudphotography.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=153&pictureid=961

Here are some different ones:
http://www.proudphotography.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=153&pictureid=966
http://www.proudphotography.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=153&pictureid=965

http://www.proudphotography.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=153&pictureid=964

http://www.proudphotography.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=153&pictureid=963

[mj702002]

I have a couple of questions about the shots I took of the rose (above post)...when I took these it was in the afternoon, the clouds broke up and the sun was out- now the flowers were in the shade under a tree, I couldn't get under the shade when I took these, I tried playing around with the ISO and the flowers still came out with very little detail...So my question is, What could I do in that situation with my camera settings? When the camera decides what settings to use- where does it get the information (like I am in the sun, subject in the shade). I hope I am asking my questions the right way! (If I am reading the instructions for this assignment correctly you are to get within 10-15 feet from the subject...so following that, I could not get closer and be in the shade also without having the rose in the background)
I kind of like the shot with the larger aperture setting (outside of the rose not coming out right) - after looking at these, to me they are too busy with a lot of "stuff" in the shot, but that one to me shows how you can really isolate a subject in a busy setting by having the background so blurry.

[mj702002]

Here are a couple of new shots:
http://www.proudphotography.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=153&pictureid=968

http://www.proudphotography.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=153&pictureid=967

Are any of these worthy of turning in for this lesson on Aperture?
Thanks much for any info!!!