For the month of November the Wilson camera club project is fall or autumn (what ever you call it, the season after summer) and we have an ongoing project for Wilson County, these are images that the county could use on its website. I have been kind of slack in keeping up with this blog and I would like to say that I will do better, but the way things have been lately I’m not too optimistic. Anyway, back to the topic at hand, the first image I have for is a tree with its leaves changing color, but it’s a little different in that the tree is clear without much blur but the foreground and background both have motion blur. This was shot from the back seat of a car driving at about 30-40 mph and I shot it the same way I would shoot an object that was moving past me, I find my subject and begin taking pictures as it moves through my field of view, following the subject until it is out of range, taking pictures the whole time, I took 3 pictures of this tree but the others were out of focus or just too blurred. The main reason for taking several pictures is to ensure that you continue to track the subject with the camera, if you take only one shot you tend to not follow in the same way and the shot may not come out right, and since I shoot all digital I have no problem taking a bunch of photographs to get one I like. Of course anyone who knows me knows I have no problem taking lots of pictures for just about anything. This image would have fit into the last post I made as well, with the red and motion project. For anyone who cares here is the camera info,
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 400
The next image is one that I made out at Lake Wilson the other night, it was dark and I didn’t have a tripod with me so I did the best I could and pressed the side of the camera and lens against a tree in hopes of reducing the camera shake during the longer exposure, I took 2 or three of these shots and this one came out the best, if you look close you will see some grain from the higher ISO 800 and there is a little blurring in the trees, I think that next time I should bring my tripod. It was a nice clear night and almost no wind so it made for a very nice reflection on the lake and I guess I got the image that I wanted, but I do wish I had taken a landscape image instead of a portrait image (I went portrait because I didn’t think the lens would go wide enough to get both the moon and its reflection), as you can tell I cropped the image to almost square, but it still doesn’t seem quite right. I think on the next clear calm night I might make my way out to the lake and try again.
Exposure: 0.3 sec (3/10)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 24 mm
ISO Speed: 800
