Motion Blur

Posted on September 15, 2014 by treshabarger

I am taking a photography class, trying to learn how to use the manual settings on my camera. Let me just say that in doing so, I am taking A LOT of bad photographs. I took my camera to a quilt show this weekend and even though the quilts were stationary — just hanging there — I came away with many blurry or badly exposed photographs. I mean, how hard can it be?

Our homework assignment was to create motion blur using shutting speed; this is what I turned in. I wanted the yellow Auto Works sign to be in focus and a vehicle blurred. Although it was a very cloudy day, I think it is a bit overexposed.

A blurred red vehicle driving by a yellow Auto Works sign and the sign is in focus.

They went that-a-way

I ate lunch at a sandwich shop and after finishing my meal, I sat at an outside table for a while taking my motion blur photos. A couple of employees came out on their break and teased me about doing undercover work. I assured them that I was harmless and explained that when I wanted an in-focus subject, it was blurry and when I wanted something blurry, it was in-focus. No one would hire me for surveillance work, that’s for sure.

Photograph properties:
f/36
1/10 sec exposure time
ISO-200
5 Max aperture
Spot Metering mode
55mm Focal length

Storm Drain

Posted on September 14, 2014 by treshabarger

Sort of like a cross-eyed owl.

Storm drain openings that look like a cross-eyed owl

Here’s lookin’ at ya!

Weekly Photo Challenge: Adventure

Posted on September 10, 2014 by treshabarger

A photographic adventure, that is. I took a photography class at the Houston Museum of Natural Science and they brought out a few animals for us to photograph. Voilà, a baby alligator.

Baby alligator

Alligator and human, for size perspective

Sunday Brunch

Posted on August 18, 2014 by treshabarger

In wandering around the web, I recently came across the weekly blogging theme “Macro Monday.” It gives me an excuse to take even more photos, so here is my first Macro Monday post.

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Sunday Brunch

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Wisteria, pretty lavender

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I took the wasp nest photo with my telephoto lens, as I didn’t want to get close enough for the wasps to notice me. Wasps are beneficial creatures and I’m hoping this nest doesn’t grow too big that our environments clash.