Katraj Zoo

Standing High

Resting Time

My 1st photo on the Blog

Miller Park - on a hot afternoon

Miller Park Zoo - 10/06/2007

Just Flower

I could not shoot anything intersting this week. The flower in my front yard.

Camera Model Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Shooting Date/Time 8/12/2007 6:47:41 PM
Shooting Mode Shutter-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/160
Av( Aperture Value ) 2.8
Metering Mode Center-Weighted Average Metering
Exposure Compensation +1/3
ISO Speed 100
Lens 24.0 - 70.0mm
Focal Length 70.0mm

This week

Let’s try something new this week. Submit your best photo of the week. You should not submit old photo because there is no specific theme this week. You should take an effort to shoot a new picture. Also, we were discussing ideas for making the blog more interesting. How about scoring the picture anonymously? Everyone should score an entry without disclosing your name. Rate the entry out of 10. Everyone will have there own measures, but let’s try following scale.

Best over all picture – 2
Creativity and originality – 2
Composition – 2
Lighting and exposure – 2
WOW factor – 2
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Total score out of - 10

When you rate the photo, please mention above five area and individual score for each.
Let’s try and see if everyone like this.

Let’s Click…..

Shailesh Vyas

Rule of Third

Camera Settings

F5.6

1/200

ISO - 100

Lense - 70-300 mm @ 300 mm

Post Processing:

Selective desaturation.

Lotus Flower - rule of thirds

Aperture: f/5.0
Shutter: 1/250
ISO: 100
Lens:45-150mm @ 150 mm (90-300 in terms of film SLR)
Camera: Olympus E500

Rule of Thirds

Aperture: 5.6
Shutter: 1/160
ISO: 64
WB: Sunny

This was taken on a bridge connecting Goat Island to Three Sisters Island over Niagara river.
The river water was rushing on this bright sunny day. The branch looked delicate enough to be swept away any moment, but it was hanging in there..

Rule of Thirds

I wanted to apply 'Rule of Thirds' on some animal/pet portrait. Could not get an opportunity to take picture of live animal. So took shot of Jr. Mini.

Turned on grid lines inthe camera LCD and placed eyes of the object on 1st grid (Left/Top) intersection.

-Mihir.

Motion Panning

F8
1/30 Sec
ISO - 100
Lense - 70-200 f4 L

One thing I learned by this excercise is that the success ratio is very low for motion panning shots. This was the only sharper pictures out of 20-25 pictures I shoot from my deck.

Motion Panning

I could not get chance to shoot photograph outside. So took this one indoor. To achieve this,

I used revolving chair. I sat on revolving chair, holding plastic flowers in one hand and camera in another, and revolved for 180 degree. Took several photographs. This is clear one.

Setting:

Shooting mode: Shutter Speed priority

Shutter Speed: 1/10

Aperture: 2.8

ISO : 80

Cropped and resized. Framed.

High ISO - Anand Shinde

Aperture: 3.5
Shutter: 1/30 sec
ISO: 800
Camera: Olympus E500 DSLR
Lens: 28-90

This was taken during the tour at the Anheuser-Busch Brewery in St Louis. If you haven't been there, I would strongly recommend that you visit this place. More info: http://www.budweisertours.com/

There is noise because of the high ISO. But I feel it gives the image a nostalgic feeling.

Fireworks at Faireview Park

Shutter Speed: 4"

Aparture: f/7.1

ISO: 100

White Balance: Cloudy





Shutter Speed: 4"

Aparture: f/11

ISO: 100

White Balance: Cloudy








Shutter Speed: 4"

Aparture: f/11

ISO: 100

White Balance: Cloudy

Fireworks

Fireworks

@ Miller Park - Bloomington, IL

F8

8 Sec

ISO 100

I used the usual technique to shoot Fireworks. Opened shutter in Blub mode. Cover the lense with black cloth in between the blasts. Closed the shutter after 8 seconds (4-5 different Fireworks). The judgement is based on the exposure of the previous photo.

Fireworks @ Chicago

Navy piers

ISO 200

F 3.2

4 sec

Fireworks

Mode: Shutter priority
Shutter speed: 1/2s
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 100
No flash

Fireworks

Navy Pier
Mode: Shutter priority
Shutter speed: 1s
Aperture: f/3.2
ISO: 100
No flash
Miller Park, Bloomington
Mode: Shutter priority
Shutter speed: 1/2s
Aperture: f/2.8
No flash
ISO: 100

Disney Fireworks

This picture was clicked recently at Orlando Disney World theme park. I clicked it using a Sony Cybershot digital camera. The camera has very limited manual settings and this is the best I could get.