Final 10 macro

Final 10 Macro

NATURE IN FOCUS

 I was in the garden and i saw a Green shield bug that I have saw before mostly from landing on me it
 was in my garden so I took some macro shots of it wondering around I wanted to get a
macro shot of the bug coming towards me walking in between the moss and grass.
I think i got a good compostion of the bug with good exposure using flash

IT'S A BUGS LIFE



I got down low and face on to the bug
and used my Flash
I metered onto the face using spot

60mm lens

Shutter speed 1/50 sec

Aperture f 7.1

ISO 400

Metering spot

Flash used

I went to Stratford butterfly park and took some macro shots of the many butterflies

here i used a macro lens to capture the texture and colours of the butterfly

I got close up and used all manual settings to get this side close up view .

BUTTERFLY REST

60mm lens

Shutter speed 1/60 sec

Aperture f 6.3

ISO 200

Metering Evaluative

On board Flash used

FROSTY DAYS

I was walking along the river at stratford upon Avon on a frosty

winters day I found these plant heads in a row so took a picture

I used a wide Aperture of f/2 to get the depth of Field

60mm lens

Shutter speed 1/1000 SEC

Aperture f 2.2

ISO 100

Metering Evaluative

HIDE AND SEEK

I found spotted this Dead leaf butterfly well camouflage on some rocks ,

The remarkable detail of the butterfly mimicking a dead leaf is amazing 

 I wanted to capture all the beauty of this butterfly as well as its great camouflage .

Lens 60mm

Shutter speed 1/60 sec

Aperture f/10

ISO 200

Metering Evaluative

On board flash

I noticed this small spider on the water drops

so decided to try and capture the spider and the water drop 

INCY WINCY SPIDER

Canon 450d

Lens 60mm

Shutter speed 1/80 sec

Aperture f/9

ISO 200

Metering Evaluative

no flash

YOU LOOKING AT ME

This bug was be hide glass I wanted to capture the colours

 and texture I used flash to help with exposure and

 used Evaluative metering to meter onto hes face

I like the background colours and composition of the shot.

Lens 60mm

Shutter speed 1/60 sec

Aperture f/7.1

ISO 200

Metering Evaluative

On board flash

I wanted to use a shallow aperture to show some depth of Field so

 I used a Aperture of f/2.5 I like the composition and colour of the image .

BERRY FEST

450D

Lens 60mm

Shutter speed 1/80 sec

Aperture f/2.5

ISO 100

Metering Evaluative

I noticed the reflection of the plants leafs in the water drop

And changed the angle to get more of the reflection of the red leafs 

in the water droplet . I used 1 metering point and focused onto the 

water drop with spot metering .

RAINDROP REFLECTION

                                                                       Canon 450d

                                                                        Lens 60mm

                                                               Shutter speed 1/13 sec

                                                                       Aperture f/14

                                                                         ISO 1600

                                                                      Metering spot

I wanted to capture the butterfly and the Flowers in the background
I used a aperture of f/4.5 to get some depth of Field and to make
the butterfly stand out more and show sharp detail .

SITTING PRETTY

Lens 60mm

Shutter speed 1/80 sec

Aperture f/4.5

ISO 200

Metering Evaluative

No flash

I noticed the rain water left over on the leafs

The sun was out so i had good ambient light

so took some close ups using manual focusing

MARBLE RAIN

Canon 450d

Lens 60mm

Shutter speed 1/60 sec

Aperture f/8

ISO 200

Metering Evaluative

no flash

211 framing your digital photos

Framing your digital photos

You can enhance your digital image by putting a frame round in it in photo shop or other photo editing software

                                 A simple video showing how to putt a border on your image

I have chose 4 simple borders to try on my image to see which one will look best on my digital blog

                                                       my original image with out a border

The first border is a simple black border with a thin inner white border
to do this you open your image up in photoshop

First to make sure your inner border is white press d

Then you make your image smaller to make it easy to work something like 10 " on the longest side

To make the thin white inner border you you go to image and canvas size and putt in a small size i tyred 00.7 inch's to show a very thin white border so press OK and you will See a very slim white border around your image

Now to make the larger black border you need to change the background colour back to black so press x

Then you go to canvas size and putt in how big you want your bigger outer border i putt in 2 incs then press OK and there you have simple black border with a inner white border

You can see the inner white border and the larger black border

Experiment with different sizes of borders in till you think the photo is shown to its best

The final image with black inner white border

Another border you can try is a round border

First of all make sure your image is a workable size and choose a colour for your border

Then go to canvas size and putt in your border size like before

Now you go down to the round rectangle tool on the left and choose a radious size for your rounded border

Then you go to the top and pick the path option in the middle of the 3 squares and pick a radius for your rounded border i used a size of 25 pixels

Then all you do is drag the cursor from the left of the image to the right and and you go to select and press inverse and then make sure your foreground colour is the right colour and go to edit and fill and you should have your rounded border

Final image with black rounded border

Now I'm gonna try the image with a drop shadow effect

First i duplicated my layer and i used white as my background colour

and done the same as above by going to canvas size and making a white border

i then i went to layer and choose layer style and i went to drop shadow and worked on the

The levels in till i got the best result

Final image with a drop shadow

I also tyred a simple brown border

Final brown border

I also watched this video on borders

                                          

And came up with this border

So there are many different options on putting a border on your particular image sometimes just a simple border will work best or depends on the image .

Final 10 Architecture

Final 10
Architecture

FROM PILLAR TO POST

This was took at leamington spa

Its the Royal pump rooms they where designed and built by C.S.Smith

 of Warwick at a reputed cost of £30,000 and opened in July 1814

I took this shot with a tripod and used the self timer

I took at a angle looking down the street i used a my lens at 18mm

to get in all of the pillars from end to end and top to bottom .

Canon 450d

Lens 18-55mm at 18mm

Shutter speed 1.6 sec

Aperture F/3.5

ISO 100

Metering Evaluative

Tripod used

IRON TRACKS

This is the old railway bridge at stratford upon Avon Stannals Bridge

This used to be the route of the Great Western Railway between Stratford and Cheltenham

I wanted to get close up and show the texture of the bridge

I took it at a angel to get a different composition to a normal one

Canon 450d

Lens 60 mm

Shutter speed 1/80 sec

Aperture F/22

ISO 100

Metering Evaluative

UP STAGED

The royal Shakespeare Theatre at night

I took this with a tripod resting on a small wall to get this view

I used a small aperture to get all the detail of the building a used a long

shutter speed of 30 sec to get a good exposure

Canon 450d

Lens 18-55mm at 18mm

Shutter speed 30 sec

Aperture F/28

ISO 100

Metering Evaluative

Tripod used

TUDOR VIEW

I took this  photo of Hall's Croft it was home to Shakespeare's eldest daughter Susanna

 and her husband Dr John Hall before they moved to New Place on Shakespeare's death.

               Built in 1613 it is an impressive piece of architecture showing the wealth of the owners

I took many photos of the hall including this close up of the woodwork

I wanted to show another park of architecture the great skill of the Tudor craftsmen

I took this shot looking up to show off the wood work of the building

Canon 450d

Lens 50mm

Shutter speed 1/320 sec

Aperture F/4.5

ISO 100

Metering Evaluative

OX BRIDGE

The most photographed piece of architecture in Oxford

The Hertford Bridge also know as the Bridge Of Sighs

It was built in 1913/14 This was took as it was getting dark

I like the perspective of the bridge and the background building's

I used a ISO of 400 to help with exposure because of the falling light

and used the widest aperture for that lens f/3.5 and a shutter speed of 1/60 sec

Canon 450d

Lens 18-55mm at 20mm

Shutter speed 1/60 sec

Aperture F/3.5

ISO 400

Metering Evaluative

LIGHTS OF PASSAGE

  This was took at leamington spa at night Its the Royal pump rooms

        built in 1814 I took this to show a different composition

showing the floor tiles and the line of pillars and lights 

   I took it with a Tripod and a 4 sec shutter speed

Canon 450d

Lens 18-55mm at 28 mm

Shutter speed 4 sec

Aperture F/6.3

ISO 100

Metering Evaluative

Tripod used

LIGHT SIDE OF THE LAW

This is the Warwickshire Justice Centre in Leamington Spa

Its a very new building and it was officially opened in opened in August 2010

I took it with a tripod and I wanted to take it from a abnormal perspective

showing the lines and shapes of the building

Canon 450d

Lens 18-55mm at 18 mm

Shutter speed 8 sec

Aperture F/9

ISO 100

Metering Evaluative

Tripod used

TWILIGHT STUDY

The entrance to the Bodleian Library

The bronze statue is the Earl of Pembroke one time

Chancellor of Oxford University

 The Bodleian library is one of the oldest libraries in Europe

 and is the 2nd largest library in the UK

in its current incarnation, has a continuous history dating back to 1602

I wanted to show the library with the Earl in front i took it from angle to show

the great window and lines and texture of the walls.

 

Canon 450d

Lens 18-55mm at 18mm

Shutter speed 1/60 sec

Aperture F/5

ISO 400

Metering Evaluative

TUDOR TIMES

This is was took at Warwick its Lord Leycester hospital 

 its a one of a few building that survived the great fire of Warwick in 1694

 The building it self can be dated back as far as 1126 it was

built by Roger de Newburgh

I took my shot at night I used my camera handheld using

 the floor to help steady my camera for the 2 sec shutter speed

Canon 450d

Lens 18-55mm at 18 mm

Shutter speed 2 sec

Aperture F/5.6

ISO 800

Metering Evaluative

OXFORD GREYS

This is two building the building on right is the Radcliffe Camera 

designed by james gibbs in the English palladian style and

 built in 1737–1749 to house the radcliffe science museum

and the build in the far ground is All Souls College is one

 of the constituent colleges of the university of oxford

The College was founded by Henry VI in 1438

I wanted to capture two beautiful building together

I wanted to capture the light and reflections in the window

and also the texture and shapes of the brick work .

Canon 450d

Lens 18-55mm at 40mm

Shutter speed 1/60 sec

Aperture F/5

ISO 400

Metering Evaluative



211 presentation

NATURE IN FOCUS

IT'S A BUGS LIFE

60mm lens

Shutter speed 1/50 sec

Aperture f 7.1

ISO 400

Metering spot

Flash used

YOU LOOKING AT ME

Lens 60mm

Shutter speed 1/60 sec

Aperture f/7.1

ISO 200

Metering Evaluative

On board flash

BUTTERFLY REST

60mm lens

Shutter speed 1/60 sec

Aperture f 6.3

ISO 200

Metering Evaluative

On board Flash used

INCY WINCY SPIDER

Canon 450d

Lens 60mm

Shutter speed 1/80 sec

Aperture f/9

ISO 200

Metering Evaluative

no flash

FROSTY DAYS

60mm lens

Shutter speed 1/1000 SEC

Aperture f 2.2

ISO 100

Metering Evaluative

HIDE AND SEEK

Lens 60mm

Shutter speed 1/60 sec

Aperture f/10

ISO 200

Metering Evualtive

On board flash

RAINDROP REFLECTION

Canon 450d

                                                              Lens 60mm

                                                     Shutter speed 1/13 sec

                                                            Aperture f/14

                                                               ISO 1600

                                                           Metering spot

                                                       MARBLE RAIN

Canon 450d

Lens 60mm

Shutter speed 1/60 sec

Aperture f/8

ISO 200

Metering Evaluative

no flash

BERRY FEST

canon 450D

Lens 60mm

Shutter speed 1/80 sec

Aperture f/2.5

ISO 100

Metering Evaluative

SITTING PRETTY

Lens 60mm

Shutter speed 1/80 sec

Aperture f/4.5

ISO 200

Metering Evaluative

No flash