 I confess… I love to make long exposures. It’s not something I do a lot, but I love the effect. The dreamy look of this photo is achieved by taking a long exposure. A long exposure is when you leave the shutter of your camera open for a longer period of time than the normal fraction of a second. In order to capture this image, I put my camera on a tripod and left the shutter open for nearly 30 seconds. This allowed the water to blur each time the ocean waves rushed towards the beach. This sunrise photo was taken in Stone Harbor, NJ. It was taken before the sun rose—it was still quite dark and in order for the image to be seen, by the sensor, the shutter needed to remain open longer than it would have had the sun been up. Had the sun been up, I would have used an ND filter to make the shutter stay open. An ND filter reduces the light hitting the shutter. It is similar to sunglasses for your eyes. It shades the front of the lens requiring the shutter to stay open. I like this picture because the sky is still in focus despite the long shutter. A lot of the time, the clouds would have blurred too (given that clouds move in the sky), but the sky was very still this day. As I mentioned above, I like the dreamy quality to the bottom half of the picture. It looks foggy around the rocks. I also like the colors. What do you think of this image? Do you like the long exposure—or would you have preferred to see the waves crashing? That would have been a completely different picture. What are your thoughts?
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usually want as much in focus and sharp as possible. Thus, I use a higher aperture for landscapes. It’s a creative choice. Tell me, in the comments, what you think of “bokeh.” Does this image work for you? Do you like the blurry look around the rosebuds, or would you have liked to have seen everything in focus?
one focal length). One thing this did for me, was force me to move around and to look at my subject from all different angles. I shoot from below the subject. I shoot from above. I take shots from the front, back and side. I did this with these flowers and found that I liked this view best (this time). In this image, I happen to like that I’m on the same level as the flowers (not shooting from above or below) and like the detail that this view shows in the individual petals. Macro photography allows you to see details that you don’t normally notice when just looking at an object. Normally, I would’ve have just thought of the petals as being white, but here I can see that they look striped. There are a number of different ways to take macro photography photos. These include, but are not limited to, using a dedicated macro lens, using extension tubes and using macro lens filters. I use extension tubes. These are essentially, spacers that attach between the lens and the camera body. Using the tubes allows the magnification of the subject. When looking at my image, you’ll notice the shallow depth of field. The petals in the front of the image, as well as the flower in the background are all blurred. This is common in macro photography. Although, I could’ve chosen to have more of the image in focus by changing my settings or by taking multiple images and combining them in software, I made the decision to take this image with a shallow depth of field. I wanted the focus to be on the dew drops, and I wanted a soft appearance to the photo. I do wish that I had more of a sparkle on the water droplets. Next time, I’ll make sure to focus more on that. Want to Learn More Photography?
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