Flowers at the park

I've been on a photo taking binge lately, so I have a lot of new material. I'm catching up with photos I shot a few weeks ago.

I'm not sure what genus these are, but I thought they were pretty cool looking.

Canon EF 24-105mm L f4 IS USM lens
55mm Focal Length
Exposure 1/250 sec @ f8
ISO 200


I really like this shot. Some sort of wild daisy (Erigeron annuus?)

Canon EF 24-105mm L f4 IS USM lens
105mm Focal Length
Exposure 1/500 sec @ f8
ISO 200
Exposure ever-so-slightly reduced for contrast


©Copyright Wayne Woodruff 2009

Sprout

I saw this in a park near my home. I like the shading on the sprout.

Canon EF 24-105mm L f4 IS USM lens
60mm Focal Length
Exposure 1/100 sec @ f5.6
ISO 200
curves adjustments for contrast


©Copyright Wayne Woodruff 2009

Rainbow

With all the rain we've had this month (measurable rain 17 of the first 22 days), you'd think we would have had an abundance of rainbows. No so. I only saw them on 2 separate occasions. The first one was not very successful photographically, so I tried some different techniques this time around. I tried a couple of shots with the UV filter at different orientations. Ultimately, I removed it for the best shots. Shot with a Canon EF 24-105mm L f4 IS USM lens.

24mm Focal Length
Exposure 1/250 sec @ f11
ISO 200
curves adjustments for contrast
©Copyright Wayne Woodruff 2009

Barn

I took this on Durham Rd, in Durham Township. A neat old house oddly attached to a barn. I 'aged' the photo in Lightroom to add to the effect.

51mm Focal Length,
Exposure 1/160 @ f10
ISO 200

©Copyright Wayne Woodruff 2009

Bunnies

From time to time, we get bunnies nesting in our yard. This evening, my oldest son was cutting the grass and he saw two bunnies scramble. We caught them and kept them in a box while my son completed cutting the grass. All these were shot with a Canon 24-105 L IS USM.

Click on an image to see a much larger version.

This was taken prior to returning them to their nest. While returning them to their nest, we found 3 others! Interesting how the depth of field plays in at this focal length. At 80mm, beyond the face starts to blur.

80mm Focal Length

Exposure 1/100 sec @ f4.0
ISO 320

Here's two of them hiding under a scotch broom. I had to manually focus to avoid the branches.

105mm Focal Length,
Exposure 1/25 sec @ f4.0
ISO 800

Here's one sitting on top of the nest. Another manual focus.

105mm Focal Length,
Exposure 1/15 sec @ f4.0
ISO 800

Here's one hiding under a Butterfly bush.

105mm Focal Length,
Exposure 1/30 sec @ f4.0
ISO 800

©Copyright Wayne Woodruff 2009

Yellow Finches

I had a male and female yellow finch (Sicalis luteola) show up at the feeder the other day. This image shows them siting on a barrel used as a planter. These are beautiful little birds, but are very easily scared away.

250mm focal length
Exposure 1/125sec @ f5.6
ISO 100

Here they are at the feeder (yes, I know, the shed needs paint). I'm still trying to get my cardinal pair to stick around for a photo, but they take off as soon as I get my camera.

250mm Focal Length,
Exposure 1/2000 sec @ f5.6
ISO 100

©Copyright Wayne Woodruff 2009

Playing with Shutter speed

Dot gave me an idea in one of her comments from a prior post. I was experimenting with shutter speed and movement. I found a nice stream next to a road and took the same shot with different shutter speeds. Note the corresponding change in aperture.

55mm focal length
Exposure 1/100 sec @ f5.6
ISO 100


Pretty much the same shot, but I kept the shutter open a while longer. The movement of the water has a nice blur to is.

55mm Focal Length,
Exposure 1/6 sec @ f22
ISO 100

©Copyright Wayne Woodruff 2009

Playing with fire

We have an outdoor fireplace and I was trying various photographic techniques with the flames.
I thought this one came out pretty cool. You can clearly see the logs in focus, but the flames are a bit blurred.

250mm focal length
Exposure 1/40 sec @ f5.6
ISO 800

This one is my favorite. I manually focused the camera on the top of the flames. Then I aimed the lens at a point just above the top of the flames and opened the shutter.

65mm Focal Length,
Exposure 4 sec @ f4.0 (handheld I might add!)
ISO 800