Day-Seven.jpg
by Rooster

Comment:
Very nice lighting. Looks like a tough one to expose for with that white thing, but you nailed it.

Sunset through abondoned shack windows
by cogerox

Comment:
Well, it's kept me looking at it for a few minutes but I just can't get into it.

Caleb
by Quigley

Comment:
Nice portrait. Good lighting and nice range of tones. The crop looks just a bit odd to me with the one shoulder out of frame but I'm no expert.

Day 5 Duck be a Lady
by TCGuru

Comment:
Very cool shot. Did you burn the background down?

Day-Six.jpg
by Rooster

Comment:
Nice lighting in this scene.

6-Caleb
by Bud

Comment:
Nice portrait, like the sharp eyes and the little catchlights. Could use a bit more contrast imo. Great expression on his face too.

Hibiscus
by dtremain

Comment:
Looks good. Could burn out the little bit that is left pretty quick looks like.

Santa Stop Here
by Quigley

Comment:
If Santa stops here I think he'll get slashed in the shower! Spooky looking picture.

Basic B&W
by ATAPE

Comment:
Post details! I am going to try it tonight. Looks good. Is the blue line CA?

Day 5- Garden Work!
by JLC

Comment:
I got your note about being in Aperture Priority mode. This expalins the loooong shutter speed as your camera had to balance out the tiny aperture you dialed in.

Some people will champion the benefits of the various auto modes. So allow me to champion the benefits of setting your camera on full manual mode and then tearing the knob off - you will quickly learn what settings to use in most situations and be able to make creative decisions about exposures that your camera can't.

If you stick with aperture mode (for learning or whatever), try and set an aperture that causes the camera to spin up a shutter speed of 1/focal length. So assuming you had your telephoto dialed up to 100mm and multiplying that by the 1.6x crop factor of your camera, you would want to see the camera giving you a shutter speed of 1/160th second or faster. A scene like this, an aperture of F6.3 would probably be adequate as there isn't much depth in the scene. The aperture you used on this shot would (were the fence not there) put everything in focus between the shovel and, say, the next state. ;)