Thursday 23 June 2011

Fresh from the oven

David wanted to see the bread broken open so here is one I baked earlier (raisin challah from Shavuot actually). I love the contrast between the hard shiny crust and the soft white crumb of the bread itself. The photo was taken without flash at 1/40s, f5, ISO 800.










My other passion is baking the challah every week. This came out of the oven an hour ago. Need smellyvision to appreciate it really. Taken without flash, f5.6, ISO 400 at 1/15th second hand held. It has been enhanced, adding a little brightness. This image is compressed for ease of uploading to the blog







Silver and silk



This is my image for this week. This is the first time I have really re-touched any of my photos. It feels like cheating but I like the effect. The original photo was shot at 1/40th sec, ISO 400 f5.6 on a tripod in natural light against a black backdrop. The re-touching was done using basic controls in Picassa.
The wine cup is standing on a coloured silk challah cloth, the colours being reflected in the cup. Hope you enjoy it. Shabbat shalom, David G
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Sunday 19 June 2011

Focus - Brief 4 - Hannah

Brief 4:

"Just to formally set this weeks brief:

I would like you all to set up some kind of still life/object at home and photograph it at different
times of the day. The object should have some personal significance. I would like you to observe the different lighting conditions and adjust you camera setting accordingly. Please keep bracketing and experimenting a little with ISO if you feel there is a need. I would like you all to present 3 photographs of the same subject so that you can talk about each one from a technical and creative point of view".

The first things that I thought of for subjects for this week were objects in my new, beloved kitchen, (specifically my range master). However with only a shaded west facing window, the light only get interesting in there late in the evening, so not ideal for this weeks brief. So I went outside in search of subjects, where the change in light would be more dramatic. I took some trial shots on Monday afternoon, as the weather forecast was best on Tuesday for this week. Although I actually took about 200 shots of 9 subjects I decided on those of my Astra's badge as its reflective surface really made the most of the changes in the lighting conditions:

This photograph was shot at 4:20 (10 mins before sunrise) 1/5sec, ISO 200 and f5.6.

This photograph was shot at 16:55 1/420sec, ISO 100 and f5.6.

This photograph was shot at 18:12 1/420sec, ISO 100 and f5.
I think this is my favourite of the photographs I took as the clouds are so dramatic.

This photograph was shot at 22:20 (30 mins before sunset) 5sec, ISO 200 and f5.6.


Aldi Special - Tripods

Hello all,

Just flicked through this week's ALDI Catalogue and there is a special on Tripods this Thursday the 23rd June

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_19382.htm

I won't be around to go take a look this week but if anyone fancies a decent enough tripod for £12.99 let the rest of the group know in case they also would like you to grab them one.