Blue Hippo with Shiny Face

Posted on January 11, 2017 by treshabarger

I was working on focusing on an object in the foreground while making the background fuzzy.

A replica of an Egyptian statuette from Dynasty 12, ca. 1961–1878 B.C., at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Skull with Wasp Nest

Posted on January 4, 2017 by treshabarger

Staged this in my front yard to work on selective focus and blurring the background.

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Silhouette: Fiction Friday

Posted on December 30, 2016 by treshabarger

The Friday Fictioneer Challenge: Write a 100-word story based on the photo.

Photo copyright Shaktiki Sharma

Silhouette

Carol tried to hide behind her camera. Standing as far away as she could, hoping no one would notice, she photographed people as silhouettes, two-dimensional beings, dark contrasted against light.

Over time, however, her camera became her connection to people instead of a shield. The individuals she photographed often came up to her with comments and questions about her work, about her. To them, she wasn’t just a shadow.

Eventually, Carol reconsidered her tactics. Stepping out of the darkness, she approached people, asking permission to photograph them, finding a universe of uniqueness, a fullness detailed in her newly discovered light.

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To read other Friday Fictioneer stories based on this photo, select the smiley blue frog.

White Rosebud

Posted on March 17, 2016 by treshabarger

Our white Lady Banks rose bush is starting to bloom. I took the opportunity to learn more about how to use my camera. Over several sessions, I must have taken close to 100 photos of the same three or four flowers. Mostly what I learned is white flowers wash out easily.

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Modes I used: aperture, manual, automatic without flash, close-up flower (which popped up the flash and really washed out the roses). Interestingly, the best results I had were in manual mode, when I intentionally underexposed the rose just a little. I didn’t think I’d ever use manual mode successfully; I have taken lots of overexposed photos in manual mode. I still have a lot to learn.

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