I was experimenting a bit with this shot, trying out the camera's low light capabilities. This was shot at 6400 ISO, which I generally avoid as it makes for a very noisy image. But it did let me go with a fairly quick shutter speed for freezing action. And since Adobe Lightroom is pretty damn awesome at noise removal, I was able to make this a pretty decent image.
The biggest problem was not distracting the gymnasts. The place was fairly empty so the shutter seemed unnaturally loud and the kids were definitely noticing it. And so I tried to keep a low profile, leading to an image which focuses on the structure of the building more than the gymnasts. I leave it to you to decide whether that's a good thing or not.
I swear we weren't speeding. Look, the light was green. We didn't do anything wrong.
The wonders of a two second exposure. I tried this shot about a dozen times with mixed results. The big problem of course keeping the camera steady. I expect and want the exterior to blur, that's the whole point. But it looks less goodly if the interior blurs as well. I did have shots where the interior was sharper than this one. But the exterior blurs were less pleasing. This is the best of both worlds. It looks like we're blasting down the road at supersonic speeds when in fact we're tooling along at 30MPH. I've said it before. A camera can totally misrepresent reality.
Leaves changing color and falling off of trees is such a dominant visual image of the fall that I almost want to avoid it. My natural tendency is to not do something if everyone else is doing it, just to be different. But if I don't take pictures of the leaves, I'll have to lock myself inside and not take any exterior shots at all for a few months. That's clearly not happening.
So I am taking pictures of leaves but trying hard to make them different in some way. Yesterday I emphasized the reflection of a tree in standing water. Today, I go for leaves actually in water. This shot is from my driveway. Something about all the different colors layered on top of each other with the drops of water on top caught my eye. Not revolutionary perhaps but maybe not obvious and over done.
It's important to not mind looking weird when taking pictures. One of my neighbors watched me wander around this tennis court, stooping occasionally, backing up and leaning side to side for several minutes. I'm quite sure he thought I'd lost my mind. And I was aware I was being watched at the time but since I saw the possibility of a good photo, I ignored him and worked out the angles.
The end result isn't necessarily brilliant but it's pretty good. And I gave a neighbor a nice story to tell people. Win win.
They said on the news we're about eight inches of rain below normal for the year and nearly three for this month alone. This has not been making me happy. There has been a steady drabness to life without moisture that does not make for great photography. Yes I've still been able to find some decent targets but I'm working harder than I should have to for this. Variations in weather brings about opportunities for great photos. When every day is the same, not so much.
We didn't quite get the promised downpour but this was at least enough rain to make for big puddles. And that means reflections. I never get tired of trying to capture those.
The rule is, take the camera everywhere. If you don't take it, you don't get pictures. Simple as that. I break this rule all the time and almost always regret it. This shot is a perfect example of why I should take the camera everywhere. It wasn't planned. In fact the idea didn't occur to me until I pointed the camera out the window and took a random shot. I immediately noticed the motion blur and knew what I needed to do.
The hardest part was the uneven pavement. It seemed like every time I hit the shutter, we hit a bump and ruined the shot. But out of many mistakes, I managed one pretty sweet shot.
Another Saturday flag football photo. This week the field we were at made it possible to get right up to the sideline to take pictures, which is awesome. I have a couple shots where it seems like I'm chasing the players down the field it's so close. But the shot that won my heart is this kid's victory dance after he made a tackle (grabbed the flag).
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