Final Project

As the semester ends this week our professor asked us to present 30 photos as a final presentation for the class. These are my 30 and I took them with my Fujifilm 36x with the majority having been taken at Yellowstone National Park.

f/5.7

ISO-64

Aperture 3.26

f/3.1

ISO-100

Aperture 3.26

f/408

ISO-200

Aperture 3.26

f/5.9

ISO-400

Aperture 3.26

f/5

ISO-800

Aperture 3.26

f/5.7

ISO-200

Aperture 3.26

f/7.1

ISO-100

Aperture 3.26

f/8

ISO-100

Aperture 3.26

f/8

ISO-64

Aperture 3.26

f/12

ISO-64

Aperture 3.26

f/5.9

ISO-800

Aperture 3.26

f/3.1

ISO-400

Aperture 3.26

f/5.6

ISO-400

Aperture 3.26

f/4

ISO-400

Aperture 3.26

f/3.1

ISO-400

Aperture 3.26

f/8

ISO-100

Aperture 3.26

f/5.9

ISO-150

Aperture 3.26

f/5.4

ISO-64

Aperture 3.26

f/5.7

ISO-200

Aperture 3.26

f/5.9

ISO-800

Aperture 3.26

f/5.9
ISO-400
Aperture 3.26

f/5.1

ISO-200

Aperture 3.26

f/10

ISO-64

Aperture 3.26

f/5.9

ISO-64

Aperture 3.26

f/7.1

ISO-100

Aperture 3.26

f/3.1

ISO-100

Aperture 3.26

f/8ISO-100

Aperture 3.26

f/11

ISO-64

Aperture 3.26

f/5.6

ISO-200

Aperture 3.26

f/4.8

ISO-400

Aperture 3.26

Final Critique

Depending on the layout other students use for their blogs I will either create a link or show a picture of their work.

1)Photo #1
                  The composition for this piece is amazing, it breaks up into the division of thirds evenly and cleanly. Though the mirror image is distorted from ice in the water the hints of the image adds in depth and texture. The colors, though not bold and striking are elegant and picturesque that balances a fine line between cool and warm tones.
2)
             This one immediately drew my eye with the striking angle of the cloud formation that also lined up with the mountain range in the background. Due to the angle this piece was shot at the composition isn't the greatest as it could have but the contradicting angles of the hills in the foreground and the clods/mountains in the background draw the eye with the dark dip in between the two angles holding the eye's focus for a few seconds. It appears to not have been edited which can be both a bad and good things, especially since the colors are vaguely washed out. A longer exposure could have helped with this but overall a fine photo.
3) The composition is well balanced wit the horizon line not exactly in the middle which helps the eye avoid just scanning past the piece. The vast nearly empty blue sky works well with the dark green and golden rows of wheat, both working well to balance each other out. The off set line on the left side also manages to pull in the eye and bring your attention to the focal point of the photo. Clearity setting might be too high for this piece as some of the stalks look too over exposed fake (for the lack of a better term). The soft warm tones of the field and haze in the background give it a nice nostalgic feel and serenity.
4) This is another amazing photo that catches a single moment in time. Clearly exposure wasn't see for long as you can see the distinct water/mud droplets. The jagged edges are excellent eye catchers with the dark ruddy colors being both brilliant and subdued working to hold attention. The picture itself feels to have been cropped which makes one feel as though they're missing something. Would like to see the rest of the mud pots if possible as this piece doesn't have much of a focal point which would have been there with a zoomed out or uncropped photo.
5) The softening of the river, due to exposure time, gives the piece a strong striking sense of movement that a simple point and shoot shot wouldn't have captured. The changing of the dark underbrush contrasts beautifully with the dark lush green of the crowns above with the whites of the river tying in with the white/grey of the sky. This helps to break up the piece so viewers aren't lost within the green everywhere. The picture is clear and clean with no grains or tilts of cameras which give it a nice professional feel to it.
6)A simply powerful piece with the light rays spanning out across dark blue skies. Like the dark blues that mixes in with the grey of the clouds with bright light breaking through. The black trees that line the bottom of the photo gives the picture a jagged border that contrasts with the smooth sharp edges of the light rays. With focus point centered around the middle of the cloud and the crystal clear detail of the clouds and trees lends to a low f-stop and fast exposure.
7)The colors are beautiful and striking, with a beam of light shooting off to the right that draws in the eye. A mirrored angle on the beach on the bottom half of the photo helps to draw the eye to the middle of the left hand side. The sunlight reflection in the water helps to break up the darker tones of the overall piece and to tie in with the ray of light. However, with either editing or a wrong f stop setting the photo has a grain feel to it that can be either grain from a wrong setting or grain from over saturation in Light Room.
8)The photographer has an unique eye when it comes to subject matter for photos. Like a breathe of fresh air the student picks out things to focus on that many people overlook and miss. The warm tones of the background and striking contrasting grays of the focus point balance each other out with the subject matter not getting lost within the background. The curving loop of the roots helps to draw in the eye with the top half of the roots in focus and the bottom half blurry it adds depth to the piece.
9) Edited by the setting of the camera this student managed to turn the foreground black and white and kept the color in the background. This adds a heavy level of depth between the two with the blues of the background strongly standing out and making the color pop. Though the downside of this is that at first I thought the foreground was photoshopped in. It was clearly not the case. The black and white section of the photo worked to frame the piece and draw attention to the sky in the background especially with the lone bare tree sticking straight up.
10)The lone leaf clearly draws in attention but the detail captured in the sand and rocks is amazing. The leaf draws you in and the details keeps you focused for a while on this photo. The subtle hint of water brushing against the beach can get lost but once found its simply wonderful.

Last minute again

Really need to improve on my commitment to blogging especially when they're a class requirement, oh well there's always next semester.

Sticking to my trend of sharing others' photography I have a few photos from my father and his co-workers. My dad's a forester and part of their job is to work with the Fire Department during the summer months. In between working and breaks my dad and his friends always manage to get some amazing photos from within the heart of the wild fires that ravage the country side from all over the nation.

The ones I'm showing you are from this past summer with a mixture of photos taken from phones and small compact Nikons.

(Photos belong to Tony Incashola JR, James Lozeau, and Mark Couture)

Not a fire photo but just thought to show how crazy
my dad and his co-workers are

There's Dad