Neothoughts » Photography http://neothoughts.com Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:27:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Point Farms Flora http://neothoughts.com/2009/08/13/point-farms-flora/ http://neothoughts.com/2009/08/13/point-farms-flora/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:30:54 +0000 Derek van Vliet http://neothoughts.com/?p=575

Taken at Point Farms Provincial Park. Near Goderich, Ontario, Canada.

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Taken at Point Farms Provincial Park. Near Goderich, Ontario, Canada.

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I should have taken a picture of the rig I set up to do these shots. I used an aluminum lasagna pan with a pool of water in it to catch the water droplets. Then I hung a plastic bag filled with water above it by clamping the bag to a piece of spare wood [...]]]> Week #5 Project - Water 2

I should have taken a picture of the rig I set up to do these shots. I used an aluminum lasagna pan with a pool of water in it to catch the water droplets. Then I hung a plastic bag filled with water above it by clamping the bag to a piece of spare wood that was secured to a wooden stool.

I had the camera on a tripod and set to Manual mode. After pricking the bag of water, I focused the camera on the spot the water was landing by placing a knife in the spot and auto-focusing. Then I switched the lens to manual focus mode and also disabled image-stabilization. I would have liked to have a speed-light to do this, but I had to settle for my camera’s built in flash.

Once I was done, I fiddled with the white-balance to add the blue tint.

Week #5 Project - Water 1

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Photo taken near Casa Loma in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Photo taken near Casa Loma in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Photo taken in Banyan Tree Park, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii.

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Photo taken in Banyan Tree Park, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii.

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Photo taken off the coast of Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii.

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Photo taken off the coast of Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii.

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Taken at Kaanapali Beach, Maui, Hawaii.

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Taken at Kaanapali Beach, Maui, Hawaii.

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Taken at Oneloa Beach, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii.

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Taken at Oneloa Beach, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii.

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After a one-week break, we took on the task of doing a panning shot at the A&J Project. I had another extremely busy week, so I had to get creative. For my shot I took one of our dog’s toys and tied it to my iPhone with some twine. Then I spun around taking pictures [...]]]> Week #4 Project - Panning

After a one-week break, we took on the task of doing a panning shot at the A&J Project. I had another extremely busy week, so I had to get creative. For my shot I took one of our dog’s toys and tied it to my iPhone with some twine. Then I spun around taking pictures of it until I was dizzy.

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This week’s A&J Project assignment was Stairs. In my search for photogenic stairs I ended up at George Brown College near Casa Loma.

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This week’s A&J Project assignment was Stairs. In my search for photogenic stairs I ended up at George Brown College near Casa Loma.

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Taken at Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii.

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Taken at Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii.

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