Passion flower

Posted: July 10, 2010 

Description

This is a passion flower in full bloom with the sun shining through its petals. I took a series of these with different points of focus and depths of field. This one shows the contrast with the stamen and the petals, and removes the backdrop of the fence. It was moving around in the wind, so I shot this in Shutter priority, adjusting the speed to get a sharp image while varying the depth.

Shutter = 1/500
Aperture = f8.0
Focal length = 38mm
ISO = 400
Flash = None

Moose

Posted: July 5, 2010 

Description

This is a figure of a moose head attached to the outside wall of a house in Tahoe, California. The entire thing is no more than four inches wide and two inches long. In fact, you’d probably overlook it. It was just below head-height, but I liked the unusual perspective looking from below, so had to crouch to take this shot. Somehow that makes it seem more life-like. And close in, you see the weathering and highlight detail in its eyes. I had to play with the focus a little since I used a shallow depth of field. It’s only in seeing this on screen that I could notice the gossamer spider webs on the right hand antler.

Aperture = f/5.6
Shutter = 1/30
Focal length = 55mm
ISO = 900
Flash = None