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Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Wordless Wednesday - Sunrise in Snow Dust

Shyla takes off at sunrise

Meadow floor covered in ice crystals
The second photo is my Dogwood Week 3 Challenge photo - the challenge was to use either aperture or shutter speed to enhance my creative intent. In this case, I used a wide open aperture (very low f number: f/2.0) to make a single blade of grass covered in frost stand out from the forest of grass blades on the meadow floor.

I used a similar technique for the first photo. I used a wide aperture (f/2.5) so that Shyla would be in focus while the forest behind her was not.

20 comments:

  1. Hari Om
    I used to know all that stuff by heart... the digital age has dulled the memory! These are lovely examples for the practice! YAM xx

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  2. Beautiful photos! Have fun in your snow, Shyla!

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  3. Beautiful photos and an always beautiful Shyla!

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  4. Those are perfect. I really like the detail in that second shot of the frosty grass.

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  5. Love the icy shot and the tips on how you did it!

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  6. wow on the ice crystals, so beautiful and something i don't ever see here

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  7. We don't understand all that photo-taking jargon, but we do know those are two wonderful photos. The capture of the ice crystals is superb!

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  8. Ice Crystals are perfect,and Shyla glows as always.

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  9. Love both photos. My older Grands are taking an interest in photography now. They also like editing ☺️☺️😍.

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  10. Oh dear friends you should be in NC it has been snowing since 9 am...and continues to do so. Expecting 2-5" A LOT for us. Sometimes we don't get 5" in an entire winter. AnyWAYS it is gonna freeze over tonight and be quite messy tomorrow. We 3 seniors are hunkered down. Good news it is will be in the 60's this weekend
    Hugs madi

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  11. Nice job! Both photos came out so nice - and are great examples of what opening up your aperture will do!
    KZK

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  12. Beautiful!! I can only imagine the shutter speed to catch Shyla in mid-leap with your aperture so low :-)

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  13. Great photos! I love the lighting.

    A little off-topic but I saw a bike on on Facebook with a ski attached to the front and thought of you with your fat bike! http://www.thisisgoodgood.com/fat-bike-skis-ride-snow-like-youve-imagined/

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  14. We love photos of ice crystals, it is such a beautiful display of nature.

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  15. Depth of field photos are some of my favorites....great job with these!
    Jan, Wag 'n Woof Pets

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  16. Your photography is awesome!
    We love the ice crystals too.
    love
    tweedles

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  17. Beautiful! The colours are incredible! 😊

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