Lesson one – Assignment two

Sorry I’ve been MIA all week.  I got the flu on Tuesday and was not functioning until today.  On to Assignment two – which is…

take pictures of a subject from various viewpoints (near, far, from above, below, behind).  Post… along with an explanation of which you think is most visually appealing and why.

We woke up to an ice covering this morning here where I am.  This assignment started out with me taking a series of random photos on my back deck to capture the ice for my photo a day blog.  When I pulled this one up on screen, I thought it had potential for being the subject matter for this assignment.

I went back outside (this time with my ISO set at 100 instead of 800!) to see if I could capture the ice from interesting angles.  Too bad it had begun to melt so it was a bit fragile. 

Since I was on a deck, I couldn’t go too far out from the subject matter.  Also, I was using my 50 mm fixed lens so I couldn’t zoom in or out with anything but my feet.  So, I played with different depths of field.

Number 1

Number 2

Number 3

Number 4

Number 5

Number 6

   

And then I attempted to move a chair to get more angles and CRASH.  We were done.

I think number three is my favorite.  Probably because the repetition of the ice.  All of these pictures are ROOC.

I don’t think this is what the teacher had in mind for the assignment so I think I’ll probably attempt it again with another subject matter but it was fun trying before the ice fell!