Color in various forms…
Wow. It has been two weeks! Not OK. But to make up for it I will be sharing a few more photos then I have been recently. Enjoy!
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As I have made the transition from 35mm back to digital (per my professors requirements) I spent an afternoon shooting various color relationships. Understanding how colors work together is vital to being a good color photographer. To analyze these relationships I wanted to take very elemental images that attempt to convey a feeling of place and nothing more. Each image is filled entirely or mostly with part of a building. (be prepared, The next few posts will have a lot of photos like these, as for a final photo series, I will focusing solely on place, primarily on walls)
This photo is one that uses blue predominantly throughout. Not only is the sky blue, but the dormer is mostly blue as well.
This photo is one that uses predominantly orange throughout. It is of the bamboo wall in the SLC and I exposed it to bring out the natural orange hues in the wood.
This photo loosely explores Harmony of the Complement (Orange/Blue). I liked how the hot afternoon sun makes the church appear more orange than usual, and the cloudless sky is just impressive in this shot.
This photo explores Harmony of the Same. I used Blue once again, because I thought that this was too cool of a shot to just throw away. I also really think that this photo shows a very strong feeling of place, more so than some of the other photos.
This photo explores use of accent. I was walking down Main Street, and saw this on the side of the Post Office, and I couldn’t pass it up. Not only does the sign in the upper right break up the image as an accent, but the red/white combination really pops against the sea of brown.
This photo uses muted colors. There are not any striking colors in the image. It could almost pass as a black and white image, however under closer inspection, One notices the muted colors in the image.
Another color relationship is Black & White or Grayscale. To explore this, I shot the below image in color because even in color there is very little perception of color, giving off the feeling of B&W, but then I also desaturated the image to show how it might have appeared if shot in B&W. Both renditions are interesting (in my opinion) and I think both work when exploring the world with out color.
Color Version
Black & White
Well that sums up my rather brief exploration of color relationships. Now for 2 macro images of produce.
Since I first started shooting photos, I have always been a fan of showing objects and locations in ways that they are not normally seen. The bulk of my photography features a short depth of field and unnatural proportions. By zooming in to 300mm and using an aperture of f/5.6 I am able to isolate just a few leaves in the sea of pineapple tops. It separates one from many, and makes a rather boring useless part of a fruit something more interesting. The lighting in Rochester Wholesale Fruit is rather poor quality, so I did use Photoshop® to bring out some of the already present colors. This makes the images stronger than the original, without changing the over all essence of the image.
Ogres are like onions, they have layers. But this photo does not have layers, and that is all I will say about it.
Off to North Dakota tomorrow. I’ve never been. Hopefully I will be able to bust out the camera and snap a few photos. Stay tuned!
Black, White, Color.
I really wish that i could blog more often, but I have been rather busy. Today I will be posting my 3 most recent photo assignments, and I hope you will enjoy what I have to offer. Be aware- today there is a lot of text, feel free to pass over it if you just want to see some photos!
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First, for my Photography Appreciation class, I had to go out and shoot my favorite place in Winona. I decided to go to Rock in the House, because My friend Megan said it would be fun to shoot. It most certainly was fun to shoot, however while there, my 16-35mm L USM II took a dive off of some rocks, and ended up costing me $175.10 to fix, Thanks DAD! anyways, here is the photo that I turned in. I shot it moments before the lens dented.
Rock in the House
When given the task to go out and shoot one’s favorite place, it can be rather difficult to think about. I have many spots that I like in Winona, many that I have photographed already. So for this assignment I decided to take it my own way and think of a place where I could take a photo in an interesting way, show place in a way that it is not often shown. As a person who appreciates good photography, I get bored of seeing the same types of images. After learning about Rock in the House, I figured that there would certainly be a way to show this “famous” spot that many people have not viewed it. I thought back to some more abstract photos of wreckage that I have taken in the past, and immediately knew how I wanted to shoot Rock in the House. I stepped into the house, next to the rock, and walked all the way to the back where only a head or a camera could get through the wreckage. I first stuck my head through the opening and looked around, I saw how all the splintered portions of house lead to the center, and then it was just white. I knew that the only way to shoot this would be by using my ultra wide lens, So I put it on, and then stuck the camera through the hole and shot a few shots, at different exposures. The light meter had a difficult time with the intense white in the center, but after 4 attempts I came up with this image. It is not likely an image that you would see in a book on Winona or the surrounding area, which I know was the hidden agenda for the assignment, however it is does show an area favorite in a new light, and makes the viewer think about what is actually in the photo. If a viewer spends even 2 seconds trying to figure it all out, I am happy to know that they didn’t just pass it on by like the hundreds of “facebook” photos they pass by on a daily basis.
This next photo is yet another self portrait. For this assignment I really wanted to shoot my shadow, and the shadow of my tripod against the Milwaukee Art Museum to showcase my love of art, modern architecture, and photography, however while in Milwaukee, I woke up at 5:30am for 4 straight days, hoping for the necessary sun and it never happened. After getting back to Winona, I decided to hit up the studio, and this is what I came up with.
March 2011 Self Portrait
The Creative:
There were several different ideas that I considered for my self-portrait before deciding on this final composition. Ever since a young child, I have been fascinated in war in general, and also army surplus. I am also a huge fan of bright/ “loud” clothing. That being said, it may seem that the neon yellow hoodie, although not obvious that it is neon or yellow, and the gas mask may seem like “obvious props” but there is more to it then that. The bright clothing is symbolic of my loud and outgoing personality. I am always put others first, trying to put myself as out there to the world as I can, and all the while I never refrain from voicing my opinion without regard to the status quo. The gas mask is symbolic of the amount of stress that I usually have in my life. Sometimes it is so much that I feel like I can’t breathe. Finally, I am making a fist to show how I am tough when it comes to debating, and that I will fight for what I believe in. In designing the composition, I chose to follow the guide of thirds, pushing my head to the upper left of the frame. This is a “one” image in the sense that there is really only one thing (me) in the frame. Although there are a few hard lines in the image over all it is a soft composition, and lighting wise there is no hard shadows. The gas mask brings tension into the image, especially for most viewers.
The Technical:
Although this photograph was taken by Robbie Christiano, It was shot on my camera, and I chose all the settings, he simply pushed the shutter release. I chose an aperture of f/5.6 because I like a shallower depth of field. The gas mask is in critical focus, and the rest of my body is just shy of in focus. The dark studio backdrop, remains completely out of focus. I also chose to light the image from the “left” using an external flash unit. Since a flash was used, I set the shutter to 1/125. Once in the darkroom, I set the enlarger aperture to f/22, because I get the best detail printing with a small aperture. After printing one image without solarization, I knew that solarizing would make the hoodie look more reflective/brighter. To solarize, I cut the exposure time from 16 seconds to 13 seconds. Then I re-exposed for 2.2 seconds. I let the photo sit in the developer the second time for 3 minutes, just long enough to produce the image as I wanted it.
For my third assignment, and last darkroom assignment for awhile, I was required to explore “like digital effects” in the darkroom. I decided to go with solarization once again, because I came up with a smarter way to solarize that almost completely inverts the image.
Doerre 1892
My new process: Instead of removing the print from the developer, I simply brought the light over to the developer, and re-exposed the image while it was still in the developer. This resulted in an almost complete color reversal, which I personally think is quite awesome. The image was exposed first at f/22 for 18 seconds, and then re-exposed under a bright desk lamp for 2.2 seconds. The image quality looks similar to a Daguerreotype, and the age on the building make it seem period. When I shot this, I was thinking that solarization would make the image look antique, and I think my final product does a nice job of that.
Finally here is another solarized image made using my new process. I think this one really looks antique.
Leithold's Music
Hope you enjoyed this weeks photos, and that you didn’t lose too much interest with all my ramblings. Hopefully I will be able to blog more regularly, but until next time, Enjoy!
Composition.
Due to my busy schedule last week, and with starting a new job and all, I was unable to post some photos that I shot last week for Photography Appreciation, until now. By waiting however, I will now include a photo I shot yesterday for Photocommunication. Interestingly enough, I was given the same assignment for both classes. To capture/ experiment with Composition. I used 2 different approaches to satisfy these assignments and hopefully you will enjoy them as much as I do.
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For my first assignment in Composition, I had to arrange an inanimate object, and leave it in that spot for the duration of the shoot. This assignment is always a fun one to push the photographer work with what they are given and still create something interesting. Here are just 5 photos that I shot, out of 110 total.
Front View
Exhale
Remembering the Past
Duty Calls
Chaos
First off I want to state that the above photo is my favorite. I have experimented with zoom blur in the past, with little success, but given the subject of the gas mask and the helmet, the blur successfully, in my mind, conveys a feeling of chaos. When thinking about when these would be used, I think about chaotic situations, and that is what I wanted to portray. After shooting in color for a while, I switched to black and white, because when I think of the war, I think of the B/W photos that my grandfather has. I used 3 different lenses, and work by all 3 is represented here, I ended up slightly cropping the photo, Front View, that was originally shot with the wide-angle lens. I took many different shots, 110 total, using all different focal lengths ranging from 16-300mm, and a wide range of aperture settings as well. Some of the photos I wanted to use a tight aperture, and still use a low ISO, so I brought out my trusty tripod. I have to say I am not a fan of staging a scene. I would much rather go out and experience the world then stage something in my own environment. But this was still a valuable photographic experience.
Sanctuary
This photo is of some street art that I found under the bridge on Latsch Island. I always find street art interesting, but under that bridge is a whole new world. (to me). So many unique stories, but at the end of the day, life goes on, fading into the abyss, just like the end of the bridge. In terms of composition, there is a high level of contrast in the image. It contains both true white and true black, and every shade of grey in between. Since the sky is exposed as true white, it serves as ground, and the bridge as a whole serves as figure. There is a diminishing perspective, and the vanishing point is located just to the left of the image. I would also choose to classify this image as a mainly content image due to the fact that it is clearly a recognizable object.
I am not going to try to make you as a viewer feel what I feel when I view this image, but maybe to provide some insight to my personality, I will tell you that I feel calm, peaceful, almost Tranquil when I view this image. This may be because it takes me back to when I shot it, and it was a still winters day, and it was peaceful to see all the street art. Who knows. But until next time, Enjoy!!
The Darrell W. Krueger Library
This past week I had the task of shooting “Framing” in Black and White. There are many ways that this can be taken, after all what the photographer chooses to include (or not include) in the image framing in itself. Elements within the image can also serve as frames. here are 2 very different takes on framing and I hope you Enjoy!
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The Darrell W. Krueger Library
I shot this photo with my 16mm lens at ~1/750 sec and ~f/16 on Sunday 2/20/2011. It is taken from the third floor of the Integrated Wellness Complex on Winona State’s campus. As a result of the fast shutter speed, the aluminum that separates the windows, becomes silhouetted, which was a goal of mine. I wanted the black around the windows to frame the windows, and the individual windows to frame other aspects of the image, namely the Darrell W. Krueger Library. To improve this image I would Spot Tone the image, which is something I will probably do in the near future.
Jefferson's Pub and Grill
This photo was shot the night prior to the last one. I brought my tripod down to the river, and took a few shots of the Winona bridge, and then decided to shoot Jefferson’s as well. I personally LOVE the way lights will star in long exposures, so I shot this for 30 seconds at f/16. This image is Framing in the sense that I chose what and what not to include in the image.
Hope you enjoyed these images. More to come later this week!
Winona Amtrak Station.
Well this was Week 2 of Chiaroscuro, only this week I had the task of going out and shooting an exposure that shows “meaning/depth” or something like that. Personally I am not a fan of taking images with a direct meaning or intent. I would rather have the viewer look at an image and pull their own meaning from it. but none the less, this is what I came up with. Hope you enjoy!
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"Final"
"Rough"
This photo is of the Winona Amtrak Station. I shot it on Saturday night, just as the Empire Builder arrived. Despite the numerous odd looks, I was able to capture this shot with a 20-30 second exposure using an aperture setting of f/8-16.
The “Final” print is actually the first print that I made. I was quite happy with it, but I wanted to clean the negative and try to remove some of the dust spots from it to make the second print look better. In the cleaning process, I ended up scratching the negative as you can see in the “Rough” image. In the “Rough” Image I also used less time, to try and bring out more of the building, however then I lost the true black of night, and was less than impressed. Over all, I think the first print is the best, and I went through quite a few test prints to get it to come out with such sharp contrast. In my opinion the shadows in the image emit sort of an eerie feeling, but how does it make you feel?
Until next time, Enjoy!
Tiny Dancer.
For my Photography Appreciation class I had the wonderful assignment titled “A New Take on Eye Candy.” This is what I came up with.
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For this photograph, I went to the Dancescape event on campus, and photographed one of the dancers. I have always considered a woman in a red dress to be a form of eye-candy. In order to get this shot, I had to think creatively, technically. I knew that dancers move pretty fast so I wanted a shutter speed of at least 1/150, however I would have much preferred to be around 1/500 or faster. I selected the fastest lens I had, and with an ISO of 2500, and aperture setting of f/2.8, I was able to use a shutter speed of 1/160. This allowed the floor and the dancer to be top-lit, using available light, and kept the back wall completely black. The perceived motion in the swirl of the dress as well as the extreme right position of the dancer make the photo interesting, in my opinion. A New Take on Eye Candy is a relatively vague assignment. It gives us infinite possibilities and I really like the fact that we could use artistic freedom in this assignment. It allows each of us to share something we feel is important/ beautiful. Because of the openness to the assignment, I do believe that this photo fits.
Until Next Time… Enjoy!
An Attempt at Chiaroscuro.
For this weeks photo I did my best (that’s a lie) to capture Chiaroscuro. For those who don’t know, Chiaroscuro is one of the most important means of expressing feeling through light and contrast. I am sure I could have come up with something better, however due to the darkroom being closed because of $1.50 worth of stolen/misplaced property, I didn’t want to waste film I wouldn’t be able to use, so I waited until I got the go ahead to process to shoot. that go ahead came on a sunless day, with little shadows. Anyways, this is what I have to show.
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Winona Architecture (Rough)
Winona Architecture (Final)
These images are of a building along the river in Winona. I shot them today after I learned that I would be able to complete my assignment. I really liked the shadowing on the building, and I liked the way the dark building stood out against the lighter sky. It makes for nice contrast. The initial print was rather muddy, and dull, so I added a #2.5 contrast filter and another .2 seconds to burn some more contrast into the image. I think that there is a large difference, and I am much prouder of the final print.
Until next week, Enjoy! Maybe I will have more time to create a far better image… Or at least I will be able to manage my time better….
Photos of Essence.
This week I went out and attempted to capture photos that had a creative essence about them. I had to use the camera’s aperture, shutter speed, focal length, and exposure to create 4 interesting images. This is what I came up with. Enjoy!
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Mr. Bobcat
This photo is of one of the WSU Groundskeepers removing snow from the sidewalk in the Quad Courtyard.
I wanted to convey the essence of Shutter in this image, so I used a shutter speed of 1/250 to stop the motion of the flying snow.
Tiny Tomatoes
This photo is of some berries that were on a limb near Conway hall at WSU.
I wanted this to show the essence of Aperture so I zoomed in to 300mm and used a relatively low aperture of f/11.0. This resulted in a very blurred background and makes the cluster of berries stand out.
Green Sun
This image is of the green led on my Apple Time Capsule. It is NOT meant to be taken literally. It is supposed to be abstract. It was taken while I was laying in bed playing around with different focal lengths and amount of focus to to create this artistic photograph.
I used a focal length of 300mm and set the focus to the macro setting and cranked the ring almost all the way opposite from infinity. Without the 300mm zoom, I would not have been able to create this image, and that is why I say that this image conveys an essence of Focal Length.
Passing on By
This photo was taken just off campus on Huff St. in Winona. It is of a car passing by.
I wanted to convey the essence of exposure. For this I combined a lower ISO of 500, a long shutter speed of 10 seconds, and a smaller aperture of f/18.0. This combination of settings allowed for the light trails from the car(s) to streak through the image and still allow for the background to come in crisp. The combination of shutter and aperture also allowed the lights in the image to generate a Star effect, which I personally find interesting.
All these photos were taken yesterday. I hope you enjoyed them, and stay tuned for more next week!
New Semester, New Format.
Well it is a New Semester, and I am in a new class that will have different Photo demands. I will be posting far fewer photos this time around, but I will be posting a short analysis about each photo. This is not to say that I will not be posting many photos from time to time, however it will not be as often, especially as I move back into the realm of 35mm photography and am only printing in the Darkroom!
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The Filth Beneath (2011)
This photo is of a filthy pile of snow with a light dusting of fresh snow on top of part of it. This is somewhere on Winona State’s campus, possibly between Gildemiester and Watkins. It was shot in the afternoon on Monday, January 24, 2011. A few camera settings were f/5.6 1/250 ISO 400 Focal Length: 300mm. In terms of associative elements, there is just 2 that I know of, snow and dirt. The feelings that I am trying to convey is that like the fresh coat snow, we too can put on a “face” and try to burry our bad emotions/ feelings (dirt), but they are always there, and like when snow melts and the dirt becomes visible again, we to end up bringing the bad emotions or feelings to the surface.
Until Next Time, Enjoy!
Thanksgiving Break
For this weeks blog, I included a few photos from the past week. I have a few from my ride back to Pewaukee, WI for Thanksgiving, some from Downtown Pewaukee, and one from my ride back to Winona. I had planned to shoot Downtown Winona this afternoon, however the weather was not permitting. Maybe next week… Enjoy!
Like usual, underneath each photo, I have included my Aperture, Shutter, and ISO settings so that you can see how I shot each photo. Feel free to click on individual photos to see them in their original sizes. Enjoy!
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f/22.0 1/1000 ISO 4000
f/16.0 1/640 ISO 800
f/18.0 1/800 ISO 640
f/22.0 1/1250 ISO 1000
f/16.0 1/640 ISO 400
f/16.0 1/640 ISO 400
f/14.0 1/500 ISO 640
Thanks for checking out these few photos. More to come next week!
Making up for Crappy Weather
I thought I would dig back to when I first got my Canon 5D Mark II. These photos come from my second ever photo shoot with that camera, and will hopefully brighten up your day. Enjoy!
Like usual, underneath each photo, I have included my Aperture, Shutter, and ISO settings so that you can see how I shot each photo. Feel free to click on individual photos to see them in their original sizes. Enjoy!
NOTE: As always, I ask that you do not save images to your local computer with out permission. Information about permission can be found on the About page. Thank You.
f/9.0 1/500 ISO 250
f/8.0 1/640 ISO 200
f/6.3 1/400 ISO 200
f/8.0 1/640 ISO 320
f/7.1 1/400 ISO 320
f/7.1 1/400 ISO 320
f/5.6 1/30 ISO 200
f/9.0 1/640 ISO 320
f/5.6 1/250 ISO 200
f/7.1 1/500 ISO 320
f/9.0 1/640 ISO 200
f/7.1 1/400 ISO 320
f/7.1 1/500 ISO 320
f/6.3 1/320 ISO 320
f/6.3 1/400 ISO 400
f/6.3 1/320 ISO 320
Thanks for viewing! Stay tuned for more next week!!!
Michael A. Ruka – A Retrospective.
Well with the hustle and bustle of turning 21 this past week, and figuring out what courses to register ( which is a rather large challenge when I need 39 credits to graduate, but only 9 of which I can take this upcoming semester, leaving me with pretty full semesters if I want to graduate on time) I have decided to post a retrospective of 21 photos from this past summer in Arizona. Based on hit count, it seemed that many of my followers enjoyed photos from my recent trip out west, so why not deliver more of what people want to see.
Like usual, underneath each photo, I have included my Aperture, Shutter, and ISO settings so that you can see how I shot each photo. Feel free to click on individual photos to see them in their original sizes. Enjoy!
NOTE: As always, I ask that you do not save images to your local computer with out permission. Information about permission can be found on the About page. Thank You.
f/11.0 1/400 ISO 400
f/10.0 1/200 ISO 400
f/13.0 1/400 ISO 400
f/4.5 1/640 ISO 400
f/9.0 1/400 ISO 100
f/14.0 1/500 ISO 400
f/4.0 1/3200 ISO 100
f/10.0 1/500 ISO 250
f/5.6 1/40 ISO 400
f/11.0 1/400 ISO 400
f/11.0 1/250 ISO 100
f/11.0 1/400 ISO 400
f/5.0 1/200 ISO 400
f/5.6 1/125 ISO 400
f/11.0 1/400 ISO 100
f/11.0 1/250 ISO 400
f.10.0 1/500 ISO 200
f/6.3 1/800 ISO 400
f/14.0 1/500 ISO 400
f/7.1 1/500 ISO 400
f/13.0 1/400 ISO 400
Note: These photos were all shot using my Canon Rebel XT, as I did not own the 5D Mark II at the time.
Until Next time, Enjoy!
Last Day on the Rez/Aerials
Well this post includes all the rest of the images worth sharing from my trip back to the Navajo Nation. It really was a good time, and I am so glad that I got to go. Like usual, underneath each photo, I have included my Aperture, Shutter, and ISO settings so that you can see how I shot each photo. Feel free to click on individual photos to see them in their original sizes. Enjoy!
NOTE: As always, I ask that you do not save images to your local computer with out permission. Information about permission can be found on the About page. Thank You.
Just a little tip that I learned from Chops Hancock… When shooting the red hills out west, always set the White Balance to Cloudy, even on a sunny day, because it warms up the tones in the rock, and really makes the photo look a lot nicer. Below is an example of this. The first photo was shot with Auto White Balance. The second was shot with Cloudy White Balance. Enjoy!
f/11.0 1/250 ISO 200
f/11.0 1/320 ISO 200
f/8.0 1/160 ISO 200
f/14.0 1/500 ISO 250
f/9.0 1/200 ISO 200
f/13.0 1/500 ISO 250
f/14.0 1/500 ISO 400
f/11.0 1/400 ISO 400
f/14.0 1/500 ISO 400
f/13.0 1/400 ISO 400
f/16.0 1/500 ISO 200
f/14.0 1/400 ISO 400
f/14.0 1/640 ISO 400
f/16.0 1/500 ISO 400
f/14.0 1/500 ISO 160
f/14.0 1/400 ISO 200
f/14.0 1/400 ISO 200
f/14.0 1/400 ISO 200
f/14.0 1/500 ISO 200
Hope you enjoyed these photos from out west. This week Robbie Christiano and I will be shooting some architecture in and around Winona. I will post photos from that shoot as soon as I can. Until then, stay classy.
Rez Trip Day 2.
Here are the photos from my second day back to the Rez. Like usual, underneath each photo, I have included my Aperture, Shutter, and ISO settings so that you can see how I shot each photo. Feel free to click on individual photos to see them in their original sizes. Enjoy!
NOTE: As always, I ask that you do not save images to your local computer with out permission. Information about permission can be found on the About page. Thank You.
f/10.0 1/400 ISO 125
f/14.0 1/800 ISO 250
f/7.1 1/500 ISO 125
f/5.6 1/125 ISO 125
f/11.0 1/500 ISO 125
f/7.1 1/400 ISO 125
f/8.0 1/640 ISO 125
f/8.0 1/500 ISO 250
f/10.0 1/400 ISO 250
f/11.0 1/500 ISO 125
f/7.1 1/500 ISO 125
f/8.0 1/250 ISO 125
f/7.1 1/400 ISO 125
f/7.1 1/125 ISO 100
f/9.0 1/800 ISO 125
f/5.6 1/250 ISO 125
f/5.0 1/250 ISO 250
f/10.0 1/400 ISO 125
Thanks for checking out my photos! More photos from Day 3 will be up soon. Until then, Enjoy!
Back to the Rez.
Last weekend, October 10th-12th, I had the opportunity to go back to the Navajo Nation to premier a documentary project that I worked on this past May. You can view an excerpt of the documentary here. Anyways, while I was in Arizona and New Mexico, I was able to see a few sights and shoot a few photos. I decided that I will share a some of them on here. Tonight’s post includes only photos shot on 10/10/10. Expect photos from the other days to appear in the next few days. Like usual, underneath each photo, I have included my Aperture, Shutter, and ISO settings so that you can see how I shot each photo. Feel free to click on individual photos to see them in their original sizes. Enjoy!
NOTE: As always, I ask that you do not save images to your local computer with out permission. Information about permission can be found on the About page. Thank You.
f/14.0 1/400 ISO 320
f/13.0 1/400 ISO 200
f/5.6 1/60 ISO 500
f/14.0 1/500 ISO 320
f/5.0 1/50 ISO 2000
f/13.0 1/400 ISO 200
f/4.5 1/100 ISO 320
f/5.6 1/200 ISO 320
f/7.1 1/100 ISO 2500
Stay Tuned for more photos from my trip to Arizona. Until Next time, Take it easy.
Winona State: A Different Perspective
On my way to class the other day, I realized just how many beautiful flowers and trees were on campus at Winona State University. Knowing that the maintenance staff usually uproots the flowerbeds around this time each year, I decided that if I wanted to shoot these flowers that I had to do it soon. I also noticed that the bumble bees are out and about, so in keeping with my goal of producing imagery people want to see, I took a few photos of them for Carlee Aasen. Once again, underneath each photo, I have included my Aperture, Shutter, and ISO settings so that you can see how I shot each photo. Feel free to click on individual photos to see them in their original sizes. Enjoy!
NOTE: As always, I ask that you do not save images to your local computer with out permission. Information about permission can be found on the About page. Thank You.
f/7.1 1/400 ISO 100
f/6.3 1/320 ISO 320
f/8.0 1/500 ISO 320
f/6.3 1/400 ISO 250
f/9.0 1/800 ISO 320
f/7.1 1/500 ISO 250
f/6.3 1/400 ISO 320
f/7.1 1/400 ISO 250
f/7.1 1/400 ISO 160
f/8.0 1/640 ISO 400
f/9.0 1/640 ISO 250
f/9.0 1/800 ISO 320
f/7.1 1/400 ISO 250
f/8.0 1/500 ISO 250
f/7.1 1/400 ISO 160
f/7.1 1/500 ISO 320
f/9.0 1/640 ISO 320
Thanks for checking out this weeks photos. This weekend I will be traveling to Tsaile, Arizona for a presentation. While down there, I should have ample opportunities to shoot photos, and will post them as soon as I get the chance. Also, I am still looking for ideas on what to shoot, so feel free to leave feedback, and I really will listen to your suggestions.
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Photos from Garvin Heights.
These photos were all taken on September 30th 2010 during a shoot-out event at Garvin Heights, in Winona, MN. Underneath each photo, I have included my Aperture, Shutter, and ISO settings so that you can see how I shot each photo. Feel free to click on individual photos to see them in their original sizes. I welcome any and all comments, as I thrive on constructive criticism. Enjoy.
NOTE: As always, I ask that you do not save images to your local computer with out permission.
f/7.1 1/500 ISO 800
f/6.3 1/400 ISO 800
f/10.0 1/1000 ISO 800
f/7.1 1/400 ISO 800
f/9.0 1/800 ISO 800
f/5.6 1/250 ISO 800
f/7.1 1/400 ISO 800
f/8.0 1/500 ISO 800
f/8.0 1/500 ISO 800
f/5.6 1/320 ISO 800
f/7.1 1/400 ISO 800
f/8.0 1/500 ISO 800
f/8.0 1/640 ISO 800
f/9.0 1/800 ISO 800
Thanks for checking out this weeks photos. I plan on updating at least once a week. I am new at this so please let me know what you want to see! Also, I am always looking for ideas on what to shoot, so feel free to leave feedback, and I really will listen to your suggestions.
Michael A. Ruka Photography 