Donna ~ Wheeee

I took this at a local festival using f/8 with a shutter speed of 1/160, which 'froze' my subject,which I prefer to do. I like the way the afternoon sun reflected off the metal highlighting her face.

Evelyn - "getting her kid-groove on"

I attended a noon concert at Huntamer Park in Lacey and saw kids dancing near the stage. I thought this would be a great opportunity to practice shutter speed. This picture was my favorite because of the girl's body position, the bright colors of her clothes, and the movement that showed up with the slower shutter speed. I debated about cropping out the girl's foot and upper body on the left of frame, but opted to keep it in for interest and it also shows movement. I think another thing I could have done is to take more shots and maybe have gotten a foot in motion or a smile on her face.
Shutter speed: 1/30
F/10
ISO 100
220 mm
Nikon D40X

Rachael Beck- "I am a Mountaineer": a shutter-speed excercise

This picture was taken with a Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi with a Shutter speed of 1/32 seconds, an F-stop of f/8, ISO speed of 1600, flash, and a focal length of 18.0 mm. The shutter speed and flash were chosen for the benefit of motion blur and subject focus in the same image, the ISO was chosen because of the lighting, and the focal length was chosen so that this image was close and personal, but not too close. I like this image because it has movement, yet it is still generally clear, it has emotion, it has interaction, and it makes me feel something. I instinctively like big, wild smiles that come not from the urging of a photographer, but from a moment captured by a photographer. I would change the angle. I would change the ISO to 800, or 400.

Aperture Exercise - Larry Thomas

Union Station, Washington D.C.

f/4.5

1/6/ sec ISO 200

Harold House Across the Lake

I shot this at f16 to keep everything in focus and get some framing. ISO = 800. shutter = 1/200, focal length = 184mm. I'm a little disappointed in the haziness of the house.

Harold Sprouting Growth

I took this at f5.6 to blur out the background. ISO = 200, Focal length = 154 mm. It was about 20 ft. away. I should have closed the lens down a bit to get the whole plant in focus. I have less than a 2 ft depth of field from 20 ft away at this focal length.

Sarah Lloyd "Taking It All In"

This photo was shot at f/5.0, a focal length of 35 mm and an ISO of 200.

It was taken around dusk, so there was a pretty good amount of lighting available. I wanted the middle ground of the shot to be clear, but not the trees in the far background, which is why I chose a 5.0.

I really like the lines and patterns in this shot, and I love how my eye moves throughout the photo. I like the usage of the rule of thirds, and the direction that she is looking. I also like the lighting and am glad I went out when I did to shoot.

If I were to shoot it again, I think I would walk in one more step, cropping in a bit more on the top and bottom. But I think overall it's a good image.

Lynette VandeKieft: This boat wants to go play.

Percival Landing. Nikon D5000. f/4.5; ISO 200; 1/2500.

Vancouver Island - Cam

ISO 200, f/11 I wanted a moderate depth of field to maintain the ethereal feel of this place. Histogram was balanced.

Lynn - Rule of thirds

Larisa Wade "Urban Vibrance"

This is a shot of the big tree mural in downtown Olympia. I liked the vibrant colors, but next time i may try to reduce the glare on the plates. I chose ISO-800 because i thought it was a middle-range number, as the light wasn't very extreme, F-stop f/8 because i wanted the main objects to be in focus without great detail on the bricks. I am getting this info from a computer w/o a histogram, but I assume it is balanced.

Evelyn - water on the falls

I took this shot at Tumwater Falls.
Aperature 5.6, ISO 400, 200 mm focal length.
My histogram was pretty even - I like the flat water at the top and the flowing water below. This is a beautiful spot for photos. Maybe I could have changed this shot by setting my ISO to 100 - I wonder if it would have given the water a blurred/motion effect - may have been interesting. Nonetheless, I like the reflections at the top of the falls and the framing of logs.

Henry Lloyd "gentle morning"

aperature setting, f5.6, ISO 200, Histogram (fairly balanced), Autoenhanced HP Media Smart

Canadian Goose on the Water

This photo was taken at Tumwater Historical Park. I enjoy the reflection in the water, the grass, the slight blur background, and the branch adds interest. My Nikon D40 settings were f/5.6, ISO 400 with a focal length of 200 mm. The histogram had a range of dark to mid tones. I could have used more blur in the background by adjusting the aperature to 4.0.

Donna Overacker~ Exposure Part 1

I took this out in the high dessert of Oregon at sunset. The f-stop was f/5.6 with an ISO of 100. The histogram was mostly to the left but I wanted to keep the shadows. I think I should have increased the aperture as the blur of the tree is a little distracting

Flags on the 4th

This photo of my neighbors flags was taken on the afternoon of July 4, 2010. It was taken at f/5.6 with an ISO of 320.
The histogram shows high dark and bright, low mid -tones with a spike at the very bright end. I would use a higher ISO for a similar shot.